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Sony Taps Apple Alumni for Board
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Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai is trying to win back customers from Apple Inc. with new Xperia smartphones. Adding two former executives of the iPhone maker to Sony’s board next month may help.
Eikoh Harada, who spent seven years as head of Apple in Japan, and Tim Schaaff, who worked for the iPad maker until 2005, are nominated to become directors at Sony’s annual shareholder meeting on June 20.