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SoftBank, Alibaba to invest $445 mln in India's Paytm E-Commerce

SoftBankGroupisinvesting400millionUSdollarsinIndia’sPaytmE-Commerceinafundingroundthatwillvaluetheonlineretaileratroughly1.9billionUSdollars,aregulatoryfilingsh

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SoftBank, China's GCL team up for $930 million Indian solar venture

SoftBankGroupCorphasagreedtolauncha$930millionIndianjointsolarenergyventurewithChinesefirmGCLSystemIntegrationTechnologyCoLtdaspartofitsambitiousIndiasolarinves

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Ex-Uber boss was paid $4m by investor that acquired 17.5% stake

AcontroversialformerUberboss,whowasoneoftheride-hailingservice’smostseniorexecutiveswhenitwasengulfedincrisislastyear,waspaid$4m(£2.8m)inconsultancyfeesbytheven

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Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing takes aim at Japan's taxi market

Chineseride-hailinggiantDidiChuxingannouncedadealwithJapanesetelecomfirmSoftBankonFridaytodevelopataxiappinJapan,whereserviceslikeUberhavestruggledtomakeinroads

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SoftBank prepares for telecoms IPO, CEO aims for this year

SoftBankGroupCorpsaidonWednesdaythatitwantstolistitsJapanesetelecomsunitthisyear,amovetowardscompletingitstransformationfromadomestictelecomsupstartintooneofthe

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Japan's SoftBank Group soars on listing reports

SharesinJapan'sSoftBankGroupsoaredsixpercentMondayonreportsitcouldlistitsmobileunit,raisingupto$18billioninoneofthecountry'sbiggestpublicofferings.Inastatement,

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Japan's SoftBank plans $18bn share sale of its mobile business

SharesinJapan'sSoftBankGroupsoaredsixpercentMondayonreportsitcouldlistitsmobileunit,raisingupto$18billioninoneofthecountry'sbiggestpublicofferings.Inastatement,

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SoftBank seals deal for large Uber stake, trimming valuation

UberandSoftBankannouncedadealonThursdayallowingtheJapanesetechtitantotakealargestakeintheUSridesharinggiant,makingaheftycutinthevaluationofthebiggestventure-bac

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Japan's SoftBank: 'No final agreement' on Uber

JapanesetechgiantSoftBankTuesdaysaidtherewas"nofinalagreement"onaninvestmentinUberandwarneditcouldpulloutofapotentialdealifthetermswereunsatisfactory.Thestateme

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SoftBank invests $4.4 bn in shared offices firm WeWork

OfficesharingstartupWeWorkonThursdayannouncedthatJapan'sSoftBankGrouphasmadea$4.4billioninvestmentinthecompany.SincelaunchinginNewYorksevenyearsago,WeWorksaysit

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China bike-sharing firm Ofo in talks to raise $1 bln, led by SoftBank

ChinesestartupOfoisintalkstoraise$1billioninanewfundingroundledbyJapan'sSoftBankGroup,peoplefamiliarwiththemattersaid,inwhatwouldbethelargestfund-raisinginthena

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SoftBank aims to raise $3 billion to $5 billion via bond issue: source

Japan'sSoftBankGroupCorp(9984.T)istargettingraisingbetween$3billionand$5billionthroughanofferingofU.S.dollarbonds,accordingtoapersonfamiliarwiththeplans.Thegrou

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Google sells maker of 'nightmare-inducing' robots to Japan's SoftBank

Googleisditchingoneofitshighest-profileroboticsbusinesses,sellingitofftoaJapanesetechgiant.Japan'sSoftBank(SFTBF)announcedFridaythatit'sbuyingrobotmakerBostonDy

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SoftBank to buy robot maker Boston Dynamics

Japan-basedSoftBankGrouplateThursdayannounceditisbuyinganimal-basedrobotmakerBostonDynamicsfromGoogle-parentAlphabet.Financialtermsofthedealwerenotdisclosed,but

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SoftBank’s Nvidia stake is reportedly worth $4BN

When SoftBank announced the first close of its Vision Fund this weekend — securing an initial commitment of $93 billion from investors including Apple, Qualcomm and Foxconn — it also quietly disclosed it had taken a stake in Nvidia.

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SoftBank’s Nvidia stake is reportedly worth $4BN

WhenSoftBankannouncedthefirstcloseofitsVisionFundthisweekend—securinganinitialcommitmentof$93billionfrominvestorsincludingApple,QualcommandFoxconn—italsoquietly

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SoftBank and Saudi Arabia tout the world's largest tech fund

It'snormallynotabigdealifatechinvestmentfundscoresalotofmoney(unlessyou'reastartupCEOeagerforcash),butthelatestwindfallisdefinitelyanexceptiontotherule.Afternos