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SoftBank Offloads $15 Billion Nvidia And T-Mobile Stakes To Fund AI Push

SoftBank Group Corp. (OTCPK: SFTBY) has raised over $15 billion by offloading its high-profile stakes in T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS) and Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA), as detailed in its fiscal second-quarter earnings report.

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Japan's SoftBank says it has sold its shares in Nvidia for $5.8 billion

Japanese technology giant SoftBank says it has sold its stake in Nvidia for $5.8 billion

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Marvell Technology Shares Jump 9.8% Pre-Market After Report Says Japan's SoftBank Mulled Takeover Of US Chipmaker (UPDATED)

(Editor’s note: The headline and story were updated to include MRVL’s stock move premarket)

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SoftBank, OpenAI Joint Venture In Japan Slips Behind Schedule, Target Date Pushed Back

SoftBank Group Corp – ADR’s (OTC:SFTBY) plan to form a joint venture with OpenAI to deliver artificial intelligence services to corporate customers in Japan has fallen significantly behind schedule. The companies aimed initially to launch the venture this summer, but preparations have taken longer than expected. An update is likely…

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SoftBank Rockets 10% On Tokyo Exchange As Oracle's $455 Billion AI Stargate Deals Spark Investor Frenzy

SoftBank Group Corp. (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) shares jumped 9.98% to 17,905 JPY ($121.14) on Thursday’s Tokyo trading session, building on massive year-to-date gains of 93.90% as investors bet on the company’s role in Oracle Corp.‘s (NASDAQ:ORCL) record-breaking artificial intelligence infrastructure deals.

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SoftBank Stock Surges 10% After Exec Teases $12 Billion OpenAI Windfall — But $500 Billion 'Stargate' AI Project Pitched To Trump Hits Snags

SoftBank Group Corp. (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) shares surged 10.47% to JPY 13,875 ($94.11) on Friday on the Tokyo exchange following the company’s first quarter of 2026 earnings call, where executives highlighted massive gains from artificial intelligence investments while acknowledging delays in the ambitious Stargate data center project.

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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son Lived Life Like 'Benjamin Button' — Nikesh Arora Says He Took Every Risk His Mother Warned Him About And Struck Gold With Alibaba, ARM

Palo Alto Networks Inc. CEO Nikesh Arora revealed insights into SoftBank Group Corp. (OTC:SFTBY) CEO Masayoshi Son‘s risk-taking philosophy during a recent podcast appearance, comparing the Japanese billionaire’s approach to life to the fictional character Benjamin Button.

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Japan's SoftBank reports loss weeks after announcing AI investment with U.S. President Trump

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. reported a 369.2 billion yen, or $2.4 billion, loss for the fiscal third quarter, as it racked up red ink from its Vision Fund investments

The Independent UK

Global Markets Await Central Bank Decisions On Interest Rates

Global markets show mixed movements as investors await central bank decisions. U.S. stocks close varied, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq rising.

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SoftBank’s Son aims to create ‘super’ AI in new investment drive

SoftBank Group Corp.’s big-talking founder Masayoshi Son is back, this time with plans to bring about an era of artificial super-intelligence.

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Japan's SoftBank hit with $6.2B quarterly loss as WeWork, other tech investments go sour

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group has reported it racked up a huge loss in the July-September quarter, as some of its investments soured

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Japan's tech investor SoftBank trims losses and promises offensive turnaround

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group continued to rack up losses for the fiscal first quarter as technology investments soured amid a market downturn

The Independent UK

Failed US banks 'pose few risks'

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered all relevant officials to keep an eye on the impact of the collapse of Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the United States on Thailand's financial system.

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Amid Uncertainty Over FTX Collapse BlockFi Suspends Withdrawals, Juul Shelves Bankruptcy Preparations, Berkshire Hathaway Trims Holdings In Tesla Competitor: Top Stories Friday, Nov. 11

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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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Japan Tech Giant Softbank Posts $23 Billion Quarterly Loss

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted a $23.4 billion loss in the April-June quarter as the value of its investments sank amid global worries about inflation and interest rates. SoftBank Group Corp.’s loss of 3.16 trillion yen was a reversal from its 762 billion yen profit in the same quarter…

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Arm Launches New Chip Technology for Smartphone Games

Arm Ltd, the British chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group Corp, on Tuesday unveiled a set of new chip technologies aimed at making video games on smartphones look better while preserving battery life. The latest products are designs for graphics processing units, or GPUs, most often used for video…

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Softbank's Masayoshi Son Emphasizes Chances Of US Listing For Arm

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) founder and CEO Masayoshi Son stressed the possibility of British-based chip designer unit Arm Ltd listing on Nasdaq pending a final decision, Reuters reports. "Most of Arm's clients are based in Silicon Valley and ... stock markets in the U.S. would love to have Arm," Son told at the annual…

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Softbank Continues To Lose Key Official In Quick Succession

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) SoftBank Group International named SBGI Managing Partner Alex Clavel as CEO, effective June 30. Clavel, a seven-year veteran in the company, succeeded Michel Combes, who departed to pursue new opportunities after five years in the company. Combes had assumed the CEO position five months back, succeeding former SoftBank…

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SoftBank, Goldman, Porsche Procure Stake In This EV Maker's Latest Funding Round, Valuing It Over €2B

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY) (OTC: SFTBF) and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) invested in Croatian electric supercar maker Rimac in

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Walmart Intensifies Rivalry With Google, Amazon By Targeting India's Budding Payments Market

Walmart Inc's (NYSE:WMT) Indian payments unit PhonePe will acquire two wealth management firms for a total enterprise value of $75 million, Bloomberg reports. PhonePe will buy WealthDesk for about $50 million and OpenQ for nearly $25 million. The acquisitions will help broaden PhonePe's offerings in India's budding payments market, where Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL)…

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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund Scoops 5% Stake In Nintendo

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) scooped a 5.01% stake in Nintendo Co, Ltd (OTC:NTDOY), Reuters reports. PIF has also launched its own video game and e-sports company, Savvy Gaming. Also Read: Nintendo Declares 10-1 Stock Split After Posting 4% Sales Decline In FY22, Weaker Guidance PIF invested in video game companies Nexon Co Ltd (OTC: NEXOY), Capcom Co…

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CLSA Expects SoftBank To Focus More On Buybacks Than High Growth Stocks Like Alibaba

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) may, for the first time, spend more on share buybacks than investments through its landmark Vision Fund as the firm goes into "defense" mode, according to CLSA's Oliver Matthew. "I think that the comments yesterday from Masayoshi Son made it very clear we're in defense round…

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SoftBank's Stock Picking Unit Suffers Colossal Losses Due To Tech Meltdown

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) founder Masayoshi Son's controversial side venture SB Northstar, which focused on stock picking, just backfired, Bloomberg reports. SoftBank reported a record annual loss at its Vision Fund unit as a global selloff in tech shares battered the value of public holdings like Coupang, Inc (NYSE:CPNG) and DiDi Global Inc (NYSE:DIDI). The Vision Fund unit hinged…

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DiDi Faces Double Whammy Of US, China Investigations

The U.S. SEC is probing DiDi Global Inc's (NYSE:DIDI) botched U.S. IPO, the Financial Times reports. DiDi's annual report disclosed that "the SEC contacted us and made inquiries in relation to the offering." DiDi President Jean Liu also made her posts on the Chinese social media platform Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ:WB) invisible to her 10 million…

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