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SoftBank's third-quarter earnings recovery seen driven by IPO boom

SoftBank is expected to extend earnings recovery when it reports third-quarter results as frothy markets drive a rally in value of its tech investment portfolio and offer fertile ground for listings

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to step down as chairman of telecom unit

Junichi Miyakawa takes the helm as the industry faces unprecedented political pressure to cut fees, potentially eating into fat margins in its core business.

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son is poised for another IPO windfall in 2021

If demand for IPOs continues to be robust, it would improve the prospects for the remaining 100 or so startups in SoftBank's portfolio

SoftBank Group debates new strategies to go private via gradual buyout

Masayoshi Son wouldn't buy more shares himself, but his ownership stake, now about 27 per cent, would increase as other investors sell stock

SoftBank's options exit unlikely to cause stir in markets, analysts say

SoftBank's unwinding of its derivatives holdings is unlikely to cause much of a stir in markets, analysts have said

SoftBank Group says it spent $1.35 billion on buybacks in October

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> said on Monday it spent 139.3 billion yen ($1.35 billion) repurchasing almost 20 million shares in October, part of a record buyback plan that has pushed the group's share price to near two-decade highs.

SoftBank investors await CEO Son's cashpile clues in second-quarter report

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> shareholders have an $80 billion (£61 billion) question for Chief Executive Masayoshi Son when he presents the Japanese tech investment giant's earnings on Monday: Just what will he do with that cash, due in from assets sold since March?

SoftBank attempted to delay WeWork's $3 bn share purchase: Court filing

(Reuters) - SoftBank Group <9984.T> CEO Masayoshi Son told the executive he tasked to turn around WeWork after its botched initial public offering to "use whatever excuse" to delay a $3 billion payout to the office-sharing startup's shareholders, a court transcript released on Wednesday showed.

SoftBank hits 20-year high as investors embrace Son's defensive stance

The Tokyo-based company's stock gained more than 3 per cent to 7,244 yen, the highest level since March of 2000 in the midst of the dot-com boom

Almost everyone at SoftBank thinks going private is a bad idea, except Son

Preliminary work on a buyout got under way after a record drop in SoftBank shares in March, but the effort was later tabled as the stock price more than doubled with asset sales

Masayoshi Son cuts SoftBank shares pledged to lenders by $810 million

Son trimmed his committed shares by about 14 million to 213 million, according to regulatory filings.

SoftBank Group buybacks paused in August, so did its stock rally

It blamed "nonpublic facts" around insider trading for the inaction, a likely allusion to its mega-deal to sell its Arm chip division for $40 billion to Nvidia, announced Monday

SoftBank Group sets price in telco stake sale worth $11.7 billion

SoftBank Group said late last month it would slash its stake in Japan's third-biggest wireless carrier to 40%, part of a wave of asset sales by the group as it builds up cash

Nvidia gets control of key global tech with $40-billion Arm purchase

Deal will create 'the premier computing firm for the age of AI', says Nvidia

SoftBank nears deal to sell Arm Holdings to Nvidia for over $40 bn: WSJ

(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> is close to selling British chip designer Arm Holdings to Nvidia Corp for more than $40 billion, a deal which would create a giant in the chip industry, the Wall Street Journal reported https://on.wsj.com/2Rlv7HC on Saturday.

Masayoshi Son makes a big options bet and SoftBank investors are worried

SoftBank shares tumbled 7.2% on Monday in Tokyo, erasing about $9 billion of market value

Nasdaq Whale: Softbank's huge tech options bet answers stock rally riddle

Investors have gone back and forth on whether Son, 63, is a true visionary or more of a gambler

SoftBank Group eyes partners to bid for TikTok's assets in India

TikTok is considering selling its operations in several countries after local governments shut out the app, citing fears that sensitive user data was passing into the hands of China

SoftBank Group gets even more defensive with $12 billion stake sale

The Tokyo-based parent said it will sell 927 million shares in SoftBank through a global secondary offering, about a third of its stake

Softbank dispatches senior executives to help Covid-19 hit Oyo: Report

Oyo has struggled in Japan even with the full endorsement of SoftBank