WIRE REPORTS

Oil futures surpass $126, Wall St retreats as AIG reveals wider loss Arab Times, Kuwait - May 9, 2008 Internet and mobile phone provider Softbank Corp fell 2.7 percent, even though it said Thursday that its net profit more than doubled in the fiscal fourth ... China Mobile 3G Spend Tops RMB14 bn BizChinaUpdate, China - May 9, 2008 Last month, China Mobile announced it has signed an agreement with Japan's Softbank and Vodafone to establish a joint venture innovation laboratory. ... Money pours into China, despite challenges San Jose Mercury News,  USA - May 9, 2008 Rieschel, who founded of Softbank Venture Capital, now called Mobius Venture Capital, relocated to Shanghai in 2005. "It's absolutely brutal how competitive ... Alibaba.com - China's most impressive Internet outfit. Biznes blog money.pl, Poland - May 9, 2008 A year later he raised $25 million from Softbank Corp., Goldman Sachs & Co., Fidelity and other investors. Alibaba.com was the flagship business. ... Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Insightix?s Innovative and ... TechWhack (press release), India - May 9, 2008 Insightix was founded by Ofir Arkin and its investors include SoftBank Capital, Blumberg Capital, Quest Software (NASDAQ:QSFT), Israel Adir, Doron Dovrat, ... ASIA MARKETS: China, India Stocks Tally Weekly Losses On Inflation ... CNNMoney.com - May 9, 2008 Shares of Softbank (9984.TO) gave up 2.8%, a day after the telecommunications firm posted a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly operating profit on ... First In-Call Media Summit Draws Interest from Brands, Agencies ... Wireless Developer Network (press release) - May 9, 2008 VoodooVox is backed by venture capital investors such as Apax Partners, Steamboat Ventures, Softbank Capital, and Village Ventures. Softbank not yet providing ringing endorsement for mobile Internet TelecomTV, UK - May 9, 2008 Japanese mobile innovator, Softbank, has returned some interesting results from the last year. Japan's number 3 mobile operator claims it sees itself as an ... Most Asian markets fall; Nikkei drops 2.1 per cent on Toyota's ... The Canadian Press, TOKYO - May 9, 2008 Internet and mobile phone provider Softbank Corp. fell 2.7 per cent, even though it said Thursday that its net profit more than doubled in the fiscal fourth ... Japanese mobile subscribers reach 102.98 mln in April Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - May 9, 2008 Softbank led in net additions, signing up 192900 new subscribers and ending the month with 18.78 million. KDDI's customers fell by 118700 customers, ...

DAILY REPORTS

May 8 Softbank posts 13 pct fall in Q4 profit (guardian.co.uk) Apr 30 Softbank to take big stake in Chinese web firm (AFP) Apr 29 Softbank to take 40 pct of China's Oak Pacific (Reuters) Mar 17 DoCoMo demands Softbank pull cellphone handset (Reuters) Feb 15 Softbank unlikely to derail Microsoft-Yahoo bid (Reuters) Feb 9 Softbank says Yahoo Japan holding will not be sold (Financial Times) Feb 7 Japanese Stocks Reverse Early Losses on Tamron Earnings, Softbank Rally (Bloomberg) Feb 7 Chief of Japan's Softbank in talks with Yahoo about Microsoft takeover bid (The Age) Feb 4 Japan stocks end at 2-week high, Softbank surges (Guardian Unlimited) Jan 29 Softbank and KDDI unveil new mobiles (Japan Times) Jan 21 Softbank plans student discounts for growth (Reuters) Jan 14 Softbank to Offer Limited Free Internet-to-Mobile Phone Service (Bloomberg) Dec 26 Softbank's White Plan subscribers top 10 million (Japan Times) Nov 26 Softbank extends network in reliability push (Reuters) Nov 19 Baseball: Softbank picks right-hander Oba in draft (Kyodo) Nov 7 Softbank wins more cellphone subscribers than rivals in October (CNN) Oct 28 Softbank to spend $350 mln on data centre (Reuters) Oct 22 Softbank woos finicky mobile users (FT.com) Oct 9 Nikkei up 0.7 pct, Fast Retailing, Softbank bought (Reuters) Oct 6 Softbank matches KDDI with new pricing plan (Japan Times) Oct 5 Softbank wins most users in Sept vs rivals (Reuters) Sep 25 Softbank to team with Nifty for Japan WiMAX license (EETimes) Sep 3 Softbank to focus on small businesses to beat DoCoMo, KDDI (Japan Times) Aug 28 DoCoMo discount targets Softbank corporate clients (Reuters) [ More... ]