International Business News - DCM http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Softbank Corp.'s profit more than doubled in its fiscal fourth quarter despite the high costs of a marketing blitz that helped lure a record number of new mobile phone subscribers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/softbank-profit-doubles-in-4q-despite-mobile-expansion-costs.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 10:09:22 EDT The president of a Japanese mobile carrier that owns a stake in Yahoo said Thursday he is in talks with Yahoo chief Jerry Yang about how to respond to Microsoft's takeover bid. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080207/softbank-profit-surges-fourfold.htm Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:16:16 EST Profit at Softbank for the first nine months of the fiscal year surged to more than fourfold its level a year ago as Japan's No. 3 mobile company drew customers from rivals with aggressive price-slashing, the company said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080207/softbank-profit-fourfold-level-year-ago.htm Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:04:50 EST Japan's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo said Tuesday its profit rose 38.4 percent in the October-December quarter, buoyed by the introduction of new subscription services and cost-cutting efforts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080129/ntt-docomo-profit-rises-38-percent-in-3q.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:02 EST Japan's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo said Tuesday its profit rose 38.4 percent in the October-December quarter, buoyed by an introduction of new subscription services and cost-cutting efforts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080129/ntt-docomo-profit-up-38-pct.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:38:52 EST A bomb attack wounded 27 people Monday in a Thai tourist town where people had gathered to celebrate the New Year, officials said. Muslim insurgents were suspected in the attack in Sungai Kolok on the border with Malaysia, where two blasts went off inside a hotel discotheque and one in the basket of a motorcycle outside a hotel, army spokesman Col. Akara Thiprote said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071231/thai-bombing-hits-new-years-festivities.htm Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:08:39 EST Revelers in Australia staked out prime spots along Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge foreshore Monday, ready to be among the first to usher in 2008 with a massive fireworks display. Meanwhile, celebrations in other parts of Asia were marred by casualties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071231/australians-ready-to-usher-in-2008.htm Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:48:17 EST