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Billionaire Taizo Son ditches Japan to start afresh in Singapore
SINGAPORE (April 18): Singapore may have just added a new tech billionaire, but it had to lure him from Japan first.
April 18, 2017
SoftBank tech fund to invest up to US$100 bil with Saudis
SINGAPORE (Oct 14): SoftBank Group Corp. said it will form a new fund to invest as much as US$100 billion ($138 billion) in the global technology industry in the next five years, partnering with Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund to find tech compani
October 14, 2016
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The funds with the biggest stakes in SoftBank
SINGAPORE (July 20): Four Japanese equity funds available for sale in Singapore have a stake in Japanese internet and telecoms conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp, according to data from Morningstar Direct.
July 20, 2016
SoftBank to sell part of stake in China's Alibaba for US$7.9 bil
TOKYO (June 1): SoftBank said Wednesday it will sell at least US$7.9 billion ($10.9 billion) worth of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, as the Japanese firm looks to pay down a whopping debt load.
June 01, 2016