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SoftBank Group says it spent $1.35 billion on buybacks in October

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> said on Monday it spent 139.3 billion yen ($1.35 billion) repurchasing almost 20 million shares in October, part of a record buyback plan that has pushed the group's share price to near two-decade highs.

SoftBank investors await CEO Son's cashpile clues in second-quarter report

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> shareholders have an $80 billion (£61 billion) question for Chief Executive Masayoshi Son when he presents the Japanese tech investment giant's earnings on Monday: Just what will he do with that cash, due in from assets sold since March?

SoftBank attempted to delay WeWork's $3 bn share purchase: Court filing

(Reuters) - SoftBank Group <9984.T> CEO Masayoshi Son told the executive he tasked to turn around WeWork after its botched initial public offering to "use whatever excuse" to delay a $3 billion payout to the office-sharing startup's shareholders, a court transcript released on Wednesday showed.

SoftBank hits 20-year high as investors embrace Son's defensive stance

The Tokyo-based company's stock gained more than 3 per cent to 7,244 yen, the highest level since March of 2000 in the midst of the dot-com boom

Almost everyone at SoftBank thinks going private is a bad idea, except Son

Preliminary work on a buyout got under way after a record drop in SoftBank shares in March, but the effort was later tabled as the stock price more than doubled with asset sales

Masayoshi Son cuts SoftBank shares pledged to lenders by $810 million

Son trimmed his committed shares by about 14 million to 213 million, according to regulatory filings.

SoftBank Group buybacks paused in August, so did its stock rally

It blamed "nonpublic facts" around insider trading for the inaction, a likely allusion to its mega-deal to sell its Arm chip division for $40 billion to Nvidia, announced Monday

SoftBank Group sets price in telco stake sale worth $11.7 billion

SoftBank Group said late last month it would slash its stake in Japan's third-biggest wireless carrier to 40%, part of a wave of asset sales by the group as it builds up cash

Nvidia gets control of key global tech with $40-billion Arm purchase

Deal will create 'the premier computing firm for the age of AI', says Nvidia

SoftBank nears deal to sell Arm Holdings to Nvidia for over $40 bn: WSJ

(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> is close to selling British chip designer Arm Holdings to Nvidia Corp for more than $40 billion, a deal which would create a giant in the chip industry, the Wall Street Journal reported https://on.wsj.com/2Rlv7HC on Saturday.

Masayoshi Son makes a big options bet and SoftBank investors are worried

SoftBank shares tumbled 7.2% on Monday in Tokyo, erasing about $9 billion of market value

Nasdaq Whale: Softbank's huge tech options bet answers stock rally riddle

Investors have gone back and forth on whether Son, 63, is a true visionary or more of a gambler

SoftBank Group eyes partners to bid for TikTok's assets in India

TikTok is considering selling its operations in several countries after local governments shut out the app, citing fears that sensitive user data was passing into the hands of China

SoftBank Group gets even more defensive with $12 billion stake sale

The Tokyo-based parent said it will sell 927 million shares in SoftBank through a global secondary offering, about a third of its stake

Softbank dispatches senior executives to help Covid-19 hit Oyo: Report

Oyo has struggled in Japan even with the full endorsement of SoftBank

SoftBank builds $1.2 billion Amazon stake; invests in Netflix, Tesla

Chief Executive Masayoshi Son last week announced a new investment management subsidiary that would park excess cash from a massive asset sale programme in liquid stocks

No more a tech firm: Softbank gives up pretending it isn't a hegde fund

Masayoshi Son used to run a tech company but he has not 'operated' anything for a while.

SoftBank touts Vision Fund gains, ditches operating profit as yardstick

Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has long emphasised the total value of assets as his preferred yardstick

With SoftBank rally, founder Masayoshi Son adds $12 bn to fortune

With SoftBank Group's shares surging to their highest price in two decades on Thursday, Son's net worth hit $20 billion

SoftBank Group shares reach highest level since 2000 on recovery hopes

The stock rose 4.6 per cent to 6,190 yen ($58) on Tuesday, the highest since March 2000.