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SoftBank Founder Boosts Collateral To 33% Of Stock As Stock Prices Sink

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) founder Masayoshi Son has raised the collateral stock to financial institutions as its shares plunged over 2021, Bloomberg reports. Son boosted the stock pledged as collateral to ~33% of his stake or 153.3 million shares in SoftBank as its shares sank 60% from their peak last year.…

SoftBank-Owned Arm Ltd Looks To Prune ~1K Jobs As It Prepares For IPO

SoftBank-Owned Arm Ltd Looks To Prune ~1K Jobs As It Prepares For IPO

SoftBank Group Corp(OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF)-owned Arm Ltd looks to slash 15% of its workforce as it prepares for its initial public offering, Bloomberg reports. Arm aims to trim 12% - 15% of U.K. staff to control spending and focus on fewer projects. Also Read: SoftBank Aims For Arm IPO After Nvidia Dumps Takeover Plans, US Joins…

Japan Fashion Magnate Maezawa Buys ‘Affectionate’ Robot Venture

Japan Fashion Magnate Maezawa Buys ‘Affectionate’ Robot Venture

Japanese fashion magnate Yusaku Maezawa is buying robotics startup Groove X, which makes an "affectionate" companion robot, saying on Tuesday he was drawn by its ability to "make people feel happy". A fund owned by Maezawa has taken a majority stake in the startup, founded by an alumni of SoftBank…

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SoftBank's $1B Block Sale Is Causing Coupang's Meltdown

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) Vision Fund's block trade sale worth $1 billion on March 9 triggered Coupang Inc (NYSE:CPNG) share's recent meltdown. SVF Investments (UK) Ltd sold 50 million Coupang shares for $20.87 per share. Coupang's shares closed at $22.70 on March 9 and $18.94 on March 10. Also Read: South Korean E-Commerce Company Coupang…

WeWork's Empty Chair Sparks Speculation Of Founder Adam Neumann's Return: Bloomberg

WeWork Inc (NYSE:WE) is yet to fill the Chair position since Marcelo Claure's exit in January, Bloomberg reports. Claure, SoftBank Group Corp's (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) former COO, had held that position since the Japanese conglomerate rescued WeWork from near-insolvency in 2019. Claure resigned in January from SoftBank, the biggest investor in WeWork. Adam Neumann can…

Here's Why Alibaba Dumped Its Fundraising Plans

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) discussed raising at least $1 billion for Lazada before calling off negotiations when talks bogged down over the Southeast Asian online mall's valuation, Bloomberg reports. Alibaba had aimed to secure financing for Lazada ahead of its spinoff and a potential initial public offering. Alibaba ditched the fundraising…

Here's Why Jefferies Sees More Alibaba Stake Sale By SoftBank

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY) (OTC: SFTBF) sold 20 million Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) shares in the last quarter and "

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SoftBank backs Deliveroo IPO platform PrimaryBid in $190 million round

SoftBank backs Deliveroo IPO platform PrimaryBid in $190 million round

London-based PrimaryBid helped Deliveroo offer shares to retail investors in its March 2021 IPO

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Read The Latest Update On SoftBank's Arm IPO

Read The Latest Update On SoftBank's Arm IPO

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) banks jostled for roles on a potential IPO of Arm Ltd to underwrite a margin loan of about $8 billion, Bloomberg reports. Banks plan to pitch IPO valuations for Arm of upward of $50 billion. Related Content: SoftBank Looks To List Arm In US, Ditching Its Home Market Arm is…

SoftBank’s Arm flotation hopes hit by legal fight in China

SoftBank’s Arm flotation hopes hit by legal fight in China

News of dispute comes as London Stock Exchange seeks to persuade SoftBank to reconsider its Nasdaq choice

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SoftBank-Owned Arm Faces China Roadblock After Nvidia

SoftBank-Owned Arm Faces China Roadblock After Nvidia

SoftBank Group Corp's (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) U.K. chip designer Arm Ltd's escalating battle at its renegade China unit has jeopardized its IPO ambitions, the Financial Times reports. The joint venture head, Allen Wu, has launched a third legal case against Arm China through one of his shareholder companies. Wu's latest case aims to get reappointed…

Noisy activists aside, GSK investors backed Walmsley and her strategy

Noisy activists aside, GSK investors backed Walmsley and her strategy

The ‘step-change’ in growth for the core pharma division has barely started, but the CEO is secure for now

The Guardian - UK

Why Nvidia Shares Are Trading Higher Today

Why Nvidia Shares Are Trading Higher Today

NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA) is trading higher Wednesday following the company's termination of its planned acquisition of British semiconductor company Arm Limited from SoftBank.

SoftBank Looks To List Arm In US, Ditching Its Home Market

SoftBank Looks To List Arm In US, Ditching Its Home Market

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) CEO Masayoshi Son looks to list British chip designer Arm Ltd in the U.S., shunning its home market, CNBC reports. Son aims for a "big IPO" and looks to publicly list Arm on the tech-focused Nasdaq stock market within the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. Roughly…

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Here's Why Citi Is Still Bullish On Nvidia Despite Arm Deal Fall Out

Citi analyst Atif Malik reiterated a Buy rating on Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) with a $350 price target. The price target implies an upside of 41.5%. The re-rating follows Nvidia's termination of the planned acquisition of SoftBank Group Corp's (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) ARM Ltd due to significant regulatory challenges to closing the deal. The Street largely expected that the…

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Softbank to take ARM public after sale to Nvidia collapses

SoftBank is preparing to re-float ARM after Nvidia’s planned acquisition of the Cambridge-based chip-maker collapsed due to “significant regulatory challenges”.

SoftBank Aims For Arm IPO After Nvidia Dumps Takeover Plans

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) aims for an initial public offering for Arm Ltd. Nvidia Corp's (NASDAQ:NVDA) just abandoned the proposed acquisition of the chip designer amid fierce opposition from regulators and customers. SoftBank will keep a $1.25 billion breakup fee with the deal's termination. Related Content: Nvidia Quietly Looks To Dump Its Arm Ambitions SoftBank looks for…

SoftBank Clocks 6% Revenue Growth In Q3

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) reported a third-quarter FY21 revenue growth of 6% Y/Y to ¥1.6 trillion. Arm revenue grew 20.6% Y/Y to ¥66 billion. The gross profit expanded 12.5% Y/Y to ¥841.9 billion. SoftBank's net income declined 95.1% Y/Y to ¥59.2 billion. EPS was ¥11.43. Softbank generated ¥2.4 trillion in operating cash flow…

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Peloton, Meta, Nvidia, Take-Two and Stock Markets - Five Things You Must Know

Stock futures edge higher, with earnings, inflation in focus; Peloton shares slide amid report CEO john Foley will step down; Meta shares extend slide as early investor Peter Thiel leaves board; Nvidia shares slip after dumping $40 billion Arm takeover from Softbank and Take-Two shares slide after Q3 revenue miss

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Nvidia’s $40bn takeover of UK chip designer Arm collapses

British company aims to seek stock market flotation after Japan’s SoftBank abandons sale

The Independent UK

Japan's SoftBank drops sale of Arm, plans IPO

Japanese technology investor SoftBank says its planned sale of the British semiconductor and software design company Arm to U.S. chip maker Nvidia has fallen through

SoftBank's $40 bn sale of chip group Arm to Nvidia collapses

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's SoftBank said Tuesday that the $40 billion sale of chip powerhouse Arm to Nvidia had collapsed because of "significant regulatory challenges" over competition concerns, and it now plans to take the unit public.

SoftBank's sale of chip group Arm scrapped over regulator challenges

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's SoftBank confirmed Tuesday the collapse of a $40 billion deal to sell chip business Arm to Nvidia because of "significant regulatory challenges" over concerns about competitiveness.

Nvidia to scrap $40bn takeover of chip firm Arm: report

Tokyo (AFP) - US firm Nvidia is scrapping its $40 billion bid to buy UK mobile chip technology powerhouse Arm from SoftBank after persistent objections from regulators, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.

Nvidia officially terminates its Arm purchase

SoftBank Group announced plans today for an initial public offering for Arm instead.

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