Sony Corp. is cooperating fully with personal computer maker Dell Inc.'s recall of 4.1 million notebook computer batteries supplied by Sony, but it does not know how much the recall will cost, a spokesman said Wednesday.
On the news of the recall, shares in the electronics and entertainment giant, which had been rising over the past year since Howard Stringer took over as CEO, fell Wednesday 1.15 percent to 5,150 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The recall is the largest for a consumer electronics product involving the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission and a major embarrassment for Sony as it tries to overhaul its electronics operations under Stringer, the first foreigner to head the company.