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SoftBank confirms it’s putting $5BN into Didi Chuxing, ‘Uber of China’

Japanese telco giant SoftBank has confirmed the size of its investment into Didi Chuxing, aka the Uber of China, and the figure is $5 billion (~¥550,000M).

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SoftBank confirms it’s putting $5BN into Didi Chuxing, ‘Uber of China’

JapanesetelcogiantSoftBankhasconfirmedthesizeofitsinvestmentintoDidiChuxing,akatheUberofChina,andthefigureis$5billion(~¥550,000M).ThelastiteminSoftBank’sfiscaly

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Sprint, OneWeb say 8,000 jobs announced by Trump are part of SoftBank pledge

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said telecommunications group Sprint Corp and a U.S. satellite company OneWeb will bring 8,000 jobs to the United States, and the companies said the positions were part of a previously disclosed pledge by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp.

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Saudi Arabia, SoftBank plan $100 billion tech fund - one of the world's biggest

Saudi Arabia and Japan's SoftBank Group (9984.T) said they will create a technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion, aiming to create one of the world's largest private equity funds.

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GIC, Temasek buy combined US$1b in Alibaba stock in SoftBank sale

Singapore sovereign wealth funds bought US$1 billion (S$1.38 billion) of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding's shares as part of a US$8.9 billion sale by Japan's SoftBank Group, Alibaba's biggest shareholder, the company said on Wednesday (June 1).

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Japan's SoftBank to sell 7.9 billion U.S. dollar stake in Alibaba

Japan's mobile telecommunications behemoth SoftBank Group Corp. will sell a long-held investment worth 7.9 billion U.S. dollars in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to enhance its fiscal situation, as it eyes, in part, in rehabilitating its activities in its U.S. communications market, local media said Wednesday.