SoftBank posts record €26bn Vision Fund loss
Rising interest rates and Chinese tech sector crackdown damage funds’ biggest holdings
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SoftBank shares fall as value of portfolio companies plummet
As of Monday, firm trading at more than a 50% discount to its October 1st net asset value
Japan’s grand Olympics vision continues to falter amid political failures
Government’s handling of coronavirus pandemic means Games remain in doubt
SoftBank’s Son hails ‘golden eggs’ as Vision Fund rallies
Landmark fund recovers from WeWork flop and Covid slowdown
Hedge fund Elliott pulls out of Hong Kong
Activist fund becomes one of the first financial institutions to withdraw from the territory
Nvidia secures control of key global tech with $40bn Arm deal
Company at pains to allay conflict of interest concerns with UK chip designer’s clients
SoftBank sheds $8.9bn as ‘whale’ options bets unnerve traders
Retail investors concerned group is increasingly behaving like a risk-hungry hedge fund
WeWork on track for profits in 2021, says chairman
New York-based company has slashed its workforce from a high of 14,000 last year to 5,600 currently
Fading Vision Fund to tip SoftBank into first loss in 15 years
SoftBank’s finances are being squeezed after a disastrous bet on co-working firm WeWork
SoftBank criticises Moody’s after debt downgrade
Rating agency’s decision to move technology group down two notches sparks anger
Japanese tech group SoftBank plans €38bn asset sale to cut debt
Response to halving of share price includes plan to repurchase some of its own stock
SoftBank Group quarterly profit wiped out by vision fund losses
Softbank is already turning the corner, boss Masayoshi Son says
SoftBank’s $3bn WeWork financing talks stall with Japan banks, sources say
Internal lending limits to firm complicate rescue package for WeWork
Investors cool on overheated private equity markets
Overblown valuations mean that a ‘great public market reckoning’ may be under way
WeWork set to cut up to 4,000 jobs as part of turnaround plan
SoftBank took control of troubled co-working company this week
WeWork plans 4,000 job cuts in turnaround plan
Japan’s Softbank took control of co-working business this week
SoftBank in talks to take control of WeWork amid cash crunch
Japanese group prepares financing package for property group
Softbank weighs cost of WeWork’s cancelled IPO
Japanese investment house also struggling with poor performance at Uber and Sack
SoftBank moves to oust Neumann as WeWork chief executive
Uncertainty over whether rebel investors can succeed but IPO prospect damaged either way
SoftBank urges WeWork to shelve IPO over valuation concern
We Company considering slashing IPO valuation - sources
WeWork is considering slashing the valuation it will seek in IPO
Shared office company is looking to a value of $20bn, less than half its valuation during a private fundraising round in January
SoftBank looking ahead to second wave of startup funding
Vision Fund 2 to start investing soon as profits from tech giant’s first €89bn fund leap
SoftBank to slash planned WeWork investment
Japanese company is in detailed talks to inject $2bn into WeWork this year, much lower than the $16bn that had been discussed towards the end of 2018
Honda, Toyota’s investments in autonomous vehicles could prove pricey
How much capital will it take before Japanese fims strike gold?
SoftBank shares jump as plans to invest in Alibaba unit revealed
Japanese company’s Vision Fund plans to lead an investment of $3-$5bn into Ele.me
SoftBank to participate in Dublin’s smart cities test bed
Japanese firm is investing in the Internet of Things, pegging it as a future valuable market
Sprint and T-Mobile in €120 bn Deal to take on AT&T, Verizon
The new company will use the T-Mobile name
Altice lines up $185bn pitch for cable group Charter
Acquisitive European group could be set for latest round of US media consolidation
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son plans stake in Uber or Lyft
Japanese tech conglomerate’s investment would deepen its position in US
Uber rival Grab raises $2bn in fresh fund round
Move brings firm’s valuation to $6bn and makes it most valuable start-up in Southeast Asia
Dixons Carphone to end US joint venture with Sprint network
Telecoms retailer to focus on its Honeybee tablet sales software
Foxconn wants Apple to join it in bid for Toshiba’s memory business
Sale of flash business critical to loss-making Japanese conglomerate’s survival
Apple manufacturer Foxconn weighs up $7bn US facility
Company joint investment with Sharp in new plant would mark victory for Trump
SoftBank to buy UK chip designer ARM for £24.3bn
ARM is currently the most valuable technology company listed in London
Japan’s demographic crisis drives development of ‘caring’ machines
Robots may become more prevalent than immigrants in Japan, but can they be given ‘emotional engines’?
Humanoid dancing robots to go on sale for €1,200
Robots that tell jokes and gauge human emotions for launch in Japan
Concern over transactions boom after fraught day on Wall Street
The collapse of $100bn of merger deals on Tuesday was unusual but perhaps timely
Vodafone nears $130bn deal with Verizon
Mobile operator to sell its US wireless joint venture stake to partner Verizon
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