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Sony's booth at the 2020 CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas: The company wants to go from being primarily an electronics maker to a diversified conglomerate covering financial services, entertainment and more. © Reuters

KOHEI YAMADA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Sony investors have given their stamp of approval for the longtime electronics maker to embrace a new, broader identity with its first renaming in more than six decades.

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