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  • TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 04: SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during the SoftBank World 2023 on October 04, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The event will be held until October 06. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)Finance

    Softbank posts a $6.4 billion quarterly profit, its first in over a year, thanks to Arm, DoorDash and a surprise T-Mobile windfall

    By Min Jeong Lee, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., delivers a keynote speech at the Junior Chamber International (JCI) World Congress in Yokohama, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang argued on Oct. 29 that the companys proposed acquisition of chip designer Arm Ltd., owned by SoftBank, will benefit technological development, a pitch to industry customers and regulators that need to approve the record transaction. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son tried to boost his compensation by setting up side-deals at the firm. Now he owes it $4.7 billion

    By Min Jeong Lee, Pei Yi Mak, and others
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., delivers a keynote speech at the Junior Chamber International (JCI) World Congress in Yokohama, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang argued on Oct. 29 that the companys proposed acquisition of chip designer Arm Ltd., owned by SoftBank, will benefit technological development, a pitch to industry customers and regulators that need to approve the record transaction. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Softbank reports its biggest loss ever—$23.4 billion—as tech stocks plunge back to Earth

    By Min Jeong Lee, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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    SoftBank founder opens door to working with tough activist investor after profits fall 99% short of estimates

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • The icons for Z Holdings Corp. Yahoo Japan application, front row from left, and the Line Corp. Line application are displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph taken in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Z Holdings, a unit of SoftBank Group Corp.s telecom arm formerly known as Yahoo Japan, confirmed that its in talks with Tokyo-based messaging service Line about a possible merger, but said no final decision on a deal had been made. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    How SoftBank Plans to Create an Internet Giant to Take on Google (at Least in Japan)

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 30: A man walks past a SoftBank mobile phone store on September 30, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. SoftBank, the technology and investment conglomerate owned by Masayoshi Son, is one of the largest investors in troubled American real estate company WeWork. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)International

    SoftBank’s WeWork and Uber IPO Stumbles Now Have a Price Tag: $5 Billion

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others