SoftBank Group Corp.

SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Tokyo.

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Pepper The Sales Robot A Hit For SoftBank
Pepper The Sales Robot A Hit For SoftBank
January 05, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Americans are not terribly familiar with Pepper — the robot helper — today, but SoftBank is determined that it will soon conquer U.S. shores with its automated...

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Apple Confirms A $1 Billion Investment In SoftBank Tech Fund
Apple Confirms A $1 Billion Investment In SoftBank Tech Fund
January 05, 2017  |  Investments

Apple confirmed on Wednesday (Jan. 4) that it will invest $1 billion in SoftBank’s new $100 billion technology fund. According to a report by The Wall...

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Softbank Lets Trump Take Job Creation Credit
Softbank Lets Trump Take Job Creation Credit
December 30, 2016  |  Retail

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...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Apple’s Big Investment
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Apple’s Big Investment
December 14, 2016  |  Daily Data Dive

Tech giant Apple has been in talks to invest in a fund being put together by SoftBank Group, the Japanese telecom and banking firm. Named...

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Apple To Invest In $100B SoftBank Tech Fund?
Apple To Invest In $100B SoftBank Tech Fund?
December 13, 2016  |  Apple

Tech giant Apple has been in talks to invest in a fund being put together by SoftBank Group, the Japanese telecom and banking firm that...

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SoftBank Splitting Off Domestic Mobile Business
SoftBank Splitting Off Domestic Mobile Business
March 08, 2016  |  International

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. said on Monday (March 7) that it will split its mobile business from its overseas operations, which includes a significant stake in...

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What’s Next For SoftBank After $4.4B Share Buyback?
What’s Next For SoftBank After $4.4B Share Buyback?
February 16, 2016  |  International

Japanese banking giant SoftBank Group said on Monday (Feb. 15) that, in an effort to help shore up its stock price — battered like so many...

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SoftBank Backs Cybersecurity Firm’s $59M Round
SoftBank Backs Cybersecurity Firm’s $59M Round
October 14, 2015  |  News

Japanese company SoftBank Group Corp., is backing cybersecurity startup Cybereason with $50 million in Series C funding. The funding, which was also backed by Cybereason’s...

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Online Lender SoFi Seems To Push Back IPO Plans, Raising $1 Billion
Online Lender SoFi Seems To Push Back IPO Plans, Raising $1 Billion
October 02, 2015  |  News

The online student lending space looks to get a little less crowded than some observers predicted, at least as measured by publicly traded companies. Social...

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