Pavel Alpeyev

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  • The Deutsche Telekom AG offices in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. Deutsche Telekom reports second quarter earnings on Aug. 12. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Deutsche Telekom moves toward control of T-Mobile with deal for SoftBank stake

    By Pavel Alpeyev and Bloomberg
  • A member of All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) ground crew moves a SoftBank Group Corp. Pepper humanoid robot at Haneda Airport departures lobby on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. The global airline industry is facing a painfully slow recovery from the ongoing effects of the pandemic as carriers slash jobs and secure funds to ride out the crisis. Photographer: Kentaro Takahashi/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    SoftBank shelves its robot Pepper, touted as the first machine with emotions

    By Takahiko Hyuga, Pavel Alpeyev, and others
  • Arm Inc.s CEO Simon Segars during the annual Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon, Portugal on November 5, 2019. (Photo by Pedro Fiúza/NurPhoto via Getty Images)International

    Head of chipmaker Arm Ltd. is Softbank’s highest-paid executive

    By Pavel Alpeyev and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 30: A door-dash delivery driver waits near a restaurant on December 30, 2020 in New York City. The pandemic continues to burden restaurants and bars as businesses struggle to thrive with evolving government restrictions and social distancing plans which impact keeping businesses open yet challenge profitability. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)Finance

    SoftBank’s Vision Fund records $8 billion quarterly profit on the back of surging stock market

    By Pavel Alpeyev and Bloomberg
  • The SoftBank logo is seen at the entrance of a mobile shop in Tokyo on November 9, 2020, as SoftBank Group said first-half net profit soared 346.7 percent, sealing a strong recovery after a massive annual loss, as tech stocks rally and the firm sheds assets to shore up its finances. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    SoftBank stock rides Uber and DoorDash to 20-year high

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son Presents second-Quarter EarningsInternational

    SoftBank stock slides after it’s unmasked as ‘Nasdaq whale’

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi SonInternational

    SoftBank unloads a $21 billion stake in T-Mobile US as the great sell-off commences

    By Scott Moritz, Pavel Alpeyev, and others
  • Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, will be leaving the board of SoftBank, it was announced today. SoftBank also disclosed huge losses at its Vision Fund.International

    SoftBank’s problems mount as Vision Fund hemorrhages billions and Jack Ma quits the board

    By Pavel Alpeyev and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 13: A WeWork office facility stands in the DUMBO neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on September 13, 2019. WeWork has chosen to list their IPO on the Nasdaq with a September 23 trading debut. The company is now considering a valuation of potentially less than $20 billion after being previously valued on the private market for as much as $47 billion. The company has also reduced CEO Adam Neumann's voting power after receiving sharp criticism of their corporate governance. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)International

    SoftBank scraps $3 billion deal to buy WeWork stock from Adam Neumann and other shareholders

    By Ed Hammond, Gillian Tan, and others
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. SoftBanklost money in its Vision Fund, the Japanese company posted a record. (Photo by Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)International

    SoftBank announces $41 billion asset sale to face coronavirus rout—and silence critics

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during a news conference following a meeting with Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president, not pictured, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Widodo's ambitious plan to build a new capital gathered momentum with Son and Tony Blair, U.K.'s former prime minster, holding discussions on the contours of the $34 billion project. Photographer Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    SoftBank survived WeWork, but the coronavirus credit rout is turning investors against Masayoshi Son’s empire

    By Ayai Tomisawa, Pavel Alpeyev, and others
  • German carrier Deutsche Telekom, the majority owner of T-Mobile, is seeking a lower price because Sprint’s shares have slid since the deal was proposed in 2018.International

    Now that its merger with Sprint has court approval, T-Mobile’s parent wants to renegotiate the price

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Scott Moritz, and others
  • Softbank- Masayoshi Son-EarningsFinance

    SoftBank founder opens door to working with tough activist investor after profits fall 99% short of estimates

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • Jack Ma, former chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., right, gestures while speaking with Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., at Tokyo Forum 2019 in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Son unveiled a $184 million initiative Friday to accelerate artificial intelligence research in Japan, enlisting Ma to expound on his goal of commercializing the technology. Son's company announced a partnership with the University of Tokyo that includes spending 20 billion yen ($184 million) over 10 years by mobile arm SoftBank Corp. to establish the Beyond AI Institute. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    SoftBank’s WeWork and Uber Stumbles Could Push Masayoshi Son to Sell Part of His Massive Alibaba Stake

    By Kurt Schussler, Pavel Alpeyev, and others
  • SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son speaks during a press conference on November 6, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. SoftBank reported its second-quarter earnings result today posting a 704 billion yen ($6.46 billion) loss for the July-September period. (Photo by Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)International

    ‘Unicorn Porn:’ How SoftBank’s Investing Style Boosts Paper Profits—But Not Real-World Value

    By Peter Elstrom, Pavel Alpeyev, and others