Japan's NTT DoCoMo profit drops 15 pct
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Japan's top mobile phone carrier, NTT DoCoMo, said Friday its profit fell 15 percent in most recent quarter because of growing promotional costs and discounts that were needed to compete with rival carriers.
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Japan's Nikkei share average fell 0.36  percent at the opening on Wednesday as profit-taking pushed  down recent gainers including Bridgestone Corp. after the  market had risen in the previous four sessions.
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Tokyo stocks fell Thursday morning following Wall Street&#39;s weakness. The dollar was higher against the Japanese yen. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues was down 15.
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Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo said its interim sales and profits fell due to stiff competition but forecast higher profitability in the full year.
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TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co., Japan&#39;s third-largest automaker, said Wednesday its profit fell 7.5 percent in its second fiscal quarter, adding that the strong yen hurt earnings even though revenue rose.
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The Nikkei average fell 0.37 percent on  Tuesday, retreating from a three-month high a day earlier as  investors took profits on Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) and other  blue-chip exporters on a stronger yen.
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Nissan Motor Co. reported a bigger-than-expected 23 percent fall in quarterly net profit on Friday, hurt by a sluggish recovery in U.S. sales, and lowered its full-year forecasts despite a weaker yen.
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the world&#39;s second-largest bank by assets, said first-half profit fell 8 percent after it failed to earn sufficient fee income to make up for reduced gains from stock investments.
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Hitachi Ltd., Japan's largest electronics conglomerate, said on Wednesday its quarterly profit fell nearly by half due to price falls in plasma TVs and other electronics goods, and cut its full-year outlook.
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Japanese stocks fell by midday on  Thursday as concerns over domestic company earnings and the  impact on global economies of higher oil prices overshadowed  bargain hunting following the market's recent sharp losses.
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Tokyo's Nikkei fell 1 percent on Thursday  as stocks like NEC Corp. dropped after disappointing earnings  from U.S. firms fanned concern about profit trends and sent  Wall Street lower.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 average is down more than two percent by mid-morning Monday after the dollar&#39;s tumble against the yen hit tech firms and exporters.
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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.
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TOKYO Toyota Motor reported on Monday that its profit slipped 1.5 percent in the most recent quarter as the damage from a falling dollar offset strong gains in global vehicle sales.
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Tokyo&#39;s key stock index fell Tuesday morning on profit taking following hefty gains the day before. The US dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that profit tumbled 22.6 percent in the October-December quarter amid rising commodity costs, tougher competition and softening sales.
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The companyâs shares plunged 15.9 percent to a nearly four-year low of $10.36 in morning trading after its net profit fell 84 percent in the fourth quarter.