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13Nov/17

Uber OKs SoftBank’s bid to buy stake

November 13, 2017FinanceBenchmark, Bradley Tusk, Business, Business/Finance, Businesspeople, Car sharing, Commuting, Companies, Company: SoftBank Group, Company: Uber, Didi Chuxing, Economy of Japan, Economy of the United States, Emil Michael, Fred Katayama, Location-based software, Ryan Graves, SoftBank, SoftBank Group, Transport, Transportation network companies, Travis Kalanick, Uber, Uberisationsmbale

The peace deal struck by Uber’s board will allow Softbank to make an investment worth up to $10 billion, according to sources. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

05Nov/17

Sprint and T-Mobile call off merger after months of talks

November 5, 2017FinanceBroadband, Business, Business/Finance, Companies, Deutsche Telekom, Economy of the United States, Fairfield Connecticut, General Electric, Jonah Green, Leap Wireless, Mobile phone industry in the United States, RCA, Rockefeller Center, Schenectady New York, SoftBank, Sprint, Sprint Corporation, T-Mobile, T-Mobile US, Technology, Telecommunications, Thomas Edison, U . S . TELECOM, U.S. wireless, United States, Verizon, Verizon Communicationssmbale

Sprint and T-Mobile said on Saturday they have called off merger talks to create a stronger U.S. wireless to rival to market leaders, leaving No. 4 provider Sprint to engineer a turnaround on its own. Jonah Green reports. Continue reading →

27Feb/17

SoftBank set to invest $3 bln in WeWork – CNBC

February 27, 2017FinanceArticles, Beijing, Business, Business/Finance, CNBC, Companies, Company: SoftBank Group, Company: WeWork Companies, Country: United States, Coworking, Donald Trump, Economy, Fred Katayama, Japan, Max Wolff, Nikkei 225, Shanghai, SoftBank, SoftBank Group, Startup company, United States, Vodafone, WeWorksmbale

Japan’s SoftBank is close to making an investment in U.S. office-sharing startup WeWork expected to be worth over $3 billion, according to CNBC. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

18Jul/16

SoftBank to buy UK chip designer ARM in $32 bln cash deal

July 18, 2016BusinessAlibaba, Alibaba Group, Apple, ARM Holdings, ARM Holdings PLC, Business, Business/Finance, Cambridge, China, Companies, Company: SoftBank Group, Country: United Kingdom, Deutsche Telekom, Economy of Japan, Google, Huawei, Japan, London, Masayoshi Son, Nick Parsons, Nikesh Arora, Nikkei 225, Philip Hammond, Samsung, SoftBank, SoftBank Group, SoftBank Group Corp, Sprint, Sprint Corporation, Technology/Internet, United Kingdom, United States, Vodafonesmbale

SoftBank Group Corp agrees to buy UK chip designer ARM Holdings PLC in a 24.3 billion pound ($32.2 billion) deal.

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02Dec/15

Yahoo to weigh sale of core business

December 2, 2015BusinessAlibaba, Alibaba Group, Altaba, AT&T, Businesspeople, Comcast, Companies, Disney, Facebook, Fred Katayama, Instant messaging clients, Katayama, Marissa Mayer, Robert Peck, SoftBank, SoftBank Group, Tokyo, Verizon, Verizon Media, Web applications, World Wide Web, YAHOO JAPAN, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Incsmbale

An analyst says the core business, which includes news sites and Yahoo Mail, could be worth up to $8 billion. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

24Aug/15

Dow sinks nearly 600 points

August 24, 2015FinanceAlibaba, Alibaba Group, Apple Inc., Bounce, Cabot Oil, Chevron, Companies, DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE INDEX, ExxonMobil, Finance, Financial markets, Initial public offering, Jack Ma, Japan, JPMorgan Chase, Max Wolff, Netflix, Primary dealers, SoftBank, SoftBank Group, Stock, Stock market, United States, Wolff, Yahoo!smbale

(REUTERS) – A massive sell-off drove the Dow to shed more than 1,000 points at the day’s low. A bounce back by Apple helped cut the losses but it still closed with the steepest drop in four years.

Sparking the plunge: a further fall in Chinese equities and commodity prices.
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