The lights dimmed. The crowd hushed. The teleprompters flickered.
Kazuo Hirai stepped up and flashed a winning smile: it was show time. The scene was oddly upbeat inside the Sony Corporation last Thursday as Mr. Hirai, the company's new chief executive, faced the cameras. He outlined a strategy that, he vowed, would return the troubled electronics giant to profit.
"The time for Sony to change is now," said Mr. Hirai, who formally took up the C.E.O. post on April 1. He posed for the cameras, one finger held high in a No. 1
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