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City watchdog may ‘ease rules’ in order to secure $40bn Arm listing

Officials locked in talks with tech firm’s Japanese owner, SoftBank, according to Sunday Times report

The Guardian - UK

THG lowers profit expectations despite record sales after £100m cost cutting

THG confirmed that a further £30m of savings are to be found this year

Birmingham Post

Future of THG's Manchester Airport plans up in the air after £70m loan cancelled

The deal with Trafford Council was first announced at the start of 2020

Manchester Evening News

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THG's £70m loan to build new headquarters cancelled

The deal was first announced in January 2020

Birmingham Post

Elon Musk Breaks Guinness World Record For Largest Fortune Loss

Elon Musk made it to the Guinness World Records for the "largest loss of personal fortune:" from $340 billion in November 2021 to $137 billion in January 2023.

InsideEVs

Rishi Sunak restarts talks on London listing for UK tech firm Arm

Japanese investor SoftBank thought to favour New York for computer chip designer’s IPO

The Guardian - UK

The 10 biggest crypto funding rounds of 2022

How much did Crypto Winter freeze venture funding?

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SoftBank Can't Catch A Break: Fund Invested $100M In FTX

Japanese conglomerate holding company SoftBank is positioned to take a big hit from its investments in bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The FTX losses are just the latest in a long string of disastrous investments for SoftBank in recent years that have resulted in billions of dollars of losses.

Benzinga

Big Japanese Investor Finds Itself Caught In Another Debacle

Softbank has made several investments that have led to massive losses, including WeWork.

The Street

Rollercoaster year for Matthew Moulding's THG continues as shares recover from historic low

The Manchester-based online retailer owns Lookfantastic, Cult Beauty and MyProtein

Birmingham Post

SoftBank Q2 net profit boosted by sales of Alibaba shares

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's SoftBank Group on Friday posted a net profit in the second quarter, partly thanks to gains from the recent reduction of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.

AFP

Japan's SoftBank returns to profit as investments rebound

Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group has reported a 3 trillion yen, or $21 billion, profit for the July-September quarter, a sharp reversal from its loss a year ago

The Independent UK

SoftBank posts Q2 net profit after Alibaba share sales

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's SoftBank Group on Friday posted a net profit in the second quarter, partly thanks to gains from its recent reduction of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.

AFP

IPO Hopes In Limbo For Apple's Top Chip Designer ARM

Apple's chip design maker, ARM is trying to go public in a bleak market. Still, demand is strong for ARM designs.

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Manchester Evening News

Tech investment giant SoftBank sells entire THG stake to Matthew Moulding and Qatar

The move comes after a $1.6bn deal that would have seen SoftBank take a near 20% stake in a major division of THG was abandoned in July

The Guardian - UK

THG shares rise after SoftBank sells stake to Moulding and Qatar

Founder of online shopping group cements control as Japanese firm offloads its holding at £450m loss

Birmingham Post

SoftBank sells entire THG stake to Matthew Moulding and Qatar

THG said it will receive £31m in proceeds after agreeing to sell 67.8 million shares to Qatar Investment Authority

Evening Standard

SoftBank cuts 150 jobs as investments plummet

It comes just weeks after the firm posted a staggering $23 billion (£19 billion) net loss

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Financial Times

Why the value of my second-hand Toyota has risen tenfold in Japan

With new cars in short supply, AI is shaping a booming second hand market

Benzinga

Top Financial Media Stories Friday, September 16: Uber Internal Systems Hacked By A Teenager, Germany Takes Control of Oil Refineries Owned by Russia's Rosneft, Kanye West End Apparel Partnership with Gap And More..

New York Times

The Guardian - UK

Truss and Kwarteng in fresh push to persuade SoftBank to list Arm in UK

Cambridge-based chip designer’s owner prefers US to London but PM and chancellor aim to revive talks

The Street

Uber Eats to Deliver Meals With Nuro's Driverless Vehicles

Texans and Californians can receive food delivered by a zero emissions self-driving vehicle this fall.

Financial Times

Masayoshi Son sounds a warning for vision-peddlers everywhere

The SoftBank founder has sent investors an uncharacteristic message of risk aversion — and that’s a problem for Japan

The Street

After Record Losses, a Fund's Leader Looks to Samurai History

SoftBank's Vision Fund lost nearly $22 billion in the latest quarter.

Benzinga

Why SoftBank's Billionaire CEO Can't Harness His Inner Warren Buffett And Buy The Market Dip

Japanese investment heavyweight SoftBank Group Corp reported a record $23-billion quarterly loss on Monday.

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