The benchmark Nikkei average ended slightly lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday amid a dearth of fresh trading incentives. The Nikkei 225 average shed 4.27 points, or 0.02 percent, to end at 19,682.57. On Friday, the key market gauge lost 126.29 points. ...
Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, supported by an overnight rise on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 climbed 70.15 points, or 0.36 percent, to finish at 19,813.13. On Wednesday, the key market gauge gained 129.70 points. The Topix, which covers ...
SoftBank Group has quietly amassed a $4 billion stake in Nvidia, making it the fourth-largest shareholder in the graphics chip-maker, according to people familiar with the situation. SoftBank, which just closed its Vision Fund, disclosed it owned an unspecified amount of Nvidia stock when ...
SoftBank Group Corp. has secured the first capital commitment to a $100 billion fund organized with Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi that would eventually put its founder Masayoshi Son in charge of one of technology’s biggest investment vehicles. The telecom conglomerate is investing $28 ...
SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday its group net profit in the year that ended March 31 more than tripled from a year earlier to a record ¥1.43 trillion ($12.5 billion), reflecting the improving profitability of U.S. unit Sprint Corp. and strength in its domestic ...
SoftBank Group Corp. is close to announcing commitments of as much as $95 billion (¥10.8 trillion) for its technology fund, people familiar with the matter said. The fundraising close will be announced as soon as next week, said the people, asking not to be ...
Former Yahoo Japan Corp. President Masahiro Inoue died in a traffic accident in California on Tuesday, it was learned Saturday. He was 60. A Tokyo native, Inoue was Yahoo Japan’s president for 16 years after taking the reins of the Internet search company from ...
SoftBank Group Corp. invested $300 million in WeWork Cos., a person familiar with the matter said, an influx of cash that values the New York-based co-working giant at more than $17 billion. The investment from SoftBank is the first in what will probably be ...
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son promised Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud Salman that the telecom conglomerate will help Saudi Arabia prosper through investment. Speaking to reporters after their meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday, Son quoted the king as telling him he was ...
SoftBank Group Corp. plans to sell a 25 percent stake in ARM Holdings PLC to a technology fund it is creating with Saudi Arabia after lead investors expressed a desire to include the chip-maker in their portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
The team behind Pepper, the humanoid robot from SoftBank Robotics, are planning a platform for the machine where developers create applications for everyday use, such as guarding your home or vacuuming the floor. Developers are already able to build Pepper apps using Android tools, ...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday it froze the assets of certain traders in a suspected insider trading scheme involving more than $3.6 million in profits related to the takeover Fortress Investment Group by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. SoftBank said after ...
