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Softbank group CEO Masayoshi Son answers a question during a press conference to announce the company's financial results in Tokyo on August 7, 2019.
SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) will pause its investing in China as it waits for regulatory action against the country's tech firms to play out, Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday.
SoftBank agreed to sell a majority stake in the China operations of its U.K. semiconductor subsidiary to a China-led group of investors, aligning itself with Beijing’s goal of weaning itself ...
Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group is expecting to post a $34 billion gain by cutting its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba by more than one-third, as the Japanese conglomerate ...
SoftBank Group Corp's chip technology firm Arm Ltd's China joint venture laid off 90-95 employees last week to cope with a challenging business outlook this year, according to two sources familiar ...
Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group is aiming to sell the majority of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, the Financial Times reported, bolstering the coffers of the Japanese conglomerate ...
SoftBank is stuck in a “big winter snowstorm,” founder and CEO Masayoshi Son said Monday, after a sweeping tech crackdown in China battered some of the Japanese company’s key investments.
TOKYO—Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.99842.88%increase; green up pointing triangle is pledging to invest $5 billion in China’s leading ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing, seeking to position itself ...
Arm Ltd., the chip designer owned by SoftBank Group Corp., ousted the head of its Chinese venture after discovering the executive had set up an investing firm that would compete with its own ...
Saudi Arabia’s new $100 billion investment firm announced a string of deals Tuesday, including partnerships with SoftBank Group Corp. and a Chinese surveillance equipment maker to set up local ...