SoftBank Group Corp
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Unacademy gets SoftBank backing, joins unicorn league
Unacademy has raised a whopping $150 million (Rs 1,094 crore) in a new funding round led by SoftBank, catapulting the ......
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Amazon's new offerings make India centre of fintech push
Amazon.com Inc has added insurance and even gold to its menu of financial services in India, to expand its customer ......
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SoftBank-backed Oyo sees signs of recovery after pandemic pummels travel
The COVID-19 pandemic will mean holiday-goers will shy away from larger hotels for the foreseeable future in favor of boutiques ......
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Grapevine: SoftBank stake in SB Energy eyed; Sony Pictures Networks-Viacom18 merger likely
Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, private equity fund Actis and Brookfield Asset Management have submitted bids to buy SoftBank Group ......
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SoftBank drops operating profit measure, notes $2.8 bn Vision Fund gain
SoftBank Group Corp broke with tradition on Tuesday and did not disclose operating profit in its quarterly results, saying the ......
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With Bharti deal in the bag, Britain rockets into unknown with OneWeb
Britain is betting that satellite operator OneWeb will help it boldly go into a post-Brexit era. But it faces formidable ......
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SoftBank governance reforms stop short of Vision Fund
SoftBank Group Corp has no plans to increase board oversight of its $100 billion Vision Fund, two sources said, disregarding ......
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Bharti-British govt consortium wins bid for satellite company OneWeb
A consortium of billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Global Ltd and the British government has won an auction to acquire satellite ......
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SoftBank is not ‘SoftPunku', says CEO Masayoshi Son in defence of strategy
SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son mounted a defence of his investing decisions on Thursday, saying the value of ......
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SoftBank Vision Fund head's pay doubled last year despite massive losses
SoftBank Vision Fund's head, Rajeev Misra, saw his total pay for the past business year more than double to 1.6 ......
