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US continues to be biggest source of VC investment in India as China shrugs

Experts say, the dominance of the US investors will probably grow in the coming decade, including in filling the gap created by the withdrawal of Chinese investors

SoftBank Group offers $19 coronavirus tests to companies, governments

SoftBank has conducted polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of its staff and has set up a testing centre near Tokyo with initial capacity of 4,000 tests per day

Indian startups to miss Chinese expertise more than cash: SoftBank exec

India has banned over 200 Chinese apps and also put severe restrictions on Chinese investments into the country following border clashes in eastern Ladakh

SoftBank Group to sell last of its telecoms assets with Brightstar deal

SoftBank said in a statement it would sell the firm to a newly formed subsidiary of private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners for cash as well as a 25 per cent stake in the subsidiary

GCV Powerlist 2020: 5 Indians among top 25 venture capitalists in the world

GCV compiles its annual Powerlist of the top 100 heads of corporate venturing units out of more than 2,000 venturing companies globally

Billionaires worldwide are now lining up to take their companies private

Companies have already announced $26 billion of transactions to be taken private by a related party this year, up about 2,500% from the same period in 2019

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

Carlyle, SoftBank put on waiting list for Reliance Retail stake: Report

Reliance Industries plans to sell about a 10% stake in Reliance Retail to financial investors and almost all the $5.7 billion worth of shares have been taken up

Top headlines: Carlyle, SoftBank on waiting list for Reliance Retail stake

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Nvidia to buy UK chipmaker Arm from Softbank in $40 billion deal

US graphics chip maker Nvidia said it plans to buy UK-based Arm Holdings in a deal worth up to $40 billion, in a move that would create a global industry powerhouse

SoftBank sells chip designer Arm to Nvidia Corp in $40 billion deal

The deal puts a vital supplier to Apple Inc and others across the industry under the control of a single player and will face potential pushback from regulators and Nvidia rivals

Embattled SoftBank renews talks on taking the group private: Report

The discussions are driven by frustrations over the persistent discount in SoftBank's equity valuation compared with the value of its individual holdings

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.

WeWork appoints Benjamin Dunham as new CFO replacing Kimberly Ross

Dunham, most recently the finance head of WeWork Americas, will assume office on Oct. 1, the company said

SoftBank sheds $15 billion in market capitalisation on US tech stock rout

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> shares were down 5% in afternoon trade on Wednesday, extending this week's slump that has wiped $15 billion from its market capitalisation, as investors worried about the conglomerate's exposure to sliding U.S. tech stocks.

SoftBank unveils headquarters just as Covid-19 forces office decamp

Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba's biggest tenant will be SoftBank unit SoftBank Corp

SoftBank takes $10 billion hit after being unmasked as Nasdaq 'whale'

SoftBank bought $4 billion worth of options tied to underlying shares it had earlier purchased in tech firms like Amazon, Microsoft and Netflix, according to the Wall Street Journal

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

SoftBank stock tumbles nearly 8% with Son's foray into options trading

The FT labelled SoftBank the "Nasdaq whale" that "stoked the fevered rally in big tech stocks," though it didn't include details of any trading