March 21, 2017
Softbank Walks Away From Investment In Smartphone Startup Due In...
Softbank, the Japanese bank, has reportedly given up on a $100 million investment in a smartphone startup in part because of Softbank’s growing relationship with Apple. Get the Full Story...
February 28, 2017
SoftBank CEO Believes Robots Will Outsmart, Outnumber Humans In 30...
Masayoshi Son, chief executive of SoftBank Group Corp., believes that within 30 years, artificial intelligence will be smarter than the human brain. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
February 16, 2017
SoftBank Buys Fortress Investment Group For $3.3B In Cash
SoftBank of Japan announced earlier this week that is acquiring Fortress Investment Group in an all-cash deal valued at around $3.3 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
February 09, 2017
US/Japan: Is Sprint for sale?
Sprint’s Tokyo-based parent company is willing to sell the Kansas-based wireless company, but it also may be up for buying T-Mobile or deal with other companies, its chief executive said...
January 11, 2017
$100B SoftBank Fund Gearing Up For Launch
Just a few weeks after the election of Donald Trump to the United States presidency, Masayoshi Son, head of SoftBank of Japan, said his firm would invest as much as...
January 10, 2017
Alibaba Meeting With Trump To Discuss 1 Million New US...
Jack Ma, the head of China’s largest eCommerce site, Alibaba, met with President-Elect Donald Trump on Monday (Jan. 9) to discuss job creation in the U.S. during the course of the...
January 05, 2017
US: Apple invests $1 billion In SoftBank Vision fund
Apple has confirmed a $1 billion investment in Softbank’s technology fund, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. That follows weeks of speculation that the tech titan would do so. SoftBank,...
January 05, 2017
Apple Confirms A $1 Billion Investment In SoftBank Tech Fund
Apple confirmed on Wednesday (Jan. 4) that it will invest $1 billion in SoftBank’s new $100 billion technology fund. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
December 30, 2016
Softbank Lets Trump Take Job Creation Credit
Sprint and internet provider OneWeb may have already planned to create a combined 8,000 jobs in the U.S., but Sprint’s parent and OneWeb investor Softbank is happy to give President-elect...