Rakuten Q2 19: Mixed Results and A "Small-Scale" Mobile Launch; Good News for Incumbent Mobile
More downside than positives in Rakuten’s Q2 announcement as core financial results moderated whilst the upcoming facilities-based mobile launch is...
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Another NTT Buyback and More Accretion
After announcing on 26 July 2019 the end of their ¥250bn share buyback, on 7 August 2019, NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) (9432 JP)reported...
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Smartkarma’s Week That Was in China, Japan, & Korea: Markets Tank on Intensifying Global Trade Wars
"Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national...
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Yahoo Japan: Slowdown in Traditional Business Silos Deter Mid-Term Prospects
Yahoo Japan (4689 JP) reported its 1Q FY03/20 financial results last Friday (1st August 2019). YJ reported revenue and OP of ¥239bn (+2.9%) and...
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Softbank Corp: Q1 19 Results Highlight Mobile Leadership
Softbank Corp (9434 JP) posted solid results for Q1 19 with telco upside more than sufficient to offset erosion at the newly consolidated Yahoo...
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