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Topic: Masayoshi Son

Social distancing is ruining the big bet on the sharing economy

As coronavirus curtails unnecessary human interaction, it’s hammering businesses that helped people split the use of cars, rooms and offices.

Ritesh Agarwal’s Oyo is facing major problems due to Masayoshi Son’s dramatic overreach

With its chaotic rush to expand in Japan, Oyo infuriated potential partners, alienated workers and jeopardised its reputation with local customers.

How 2019 saw Masayoshi Son go from tech guru to struggling venture capitalist

SoftBank’s bad year goes well beyond WeWork as investors are starting to get the feeling that whatever Masayoshi Son brings to the public is troubled.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son speaks to near-empty room at Saudi business summit

Son’s poorly attended panel underscores the diminished appeal of his Vision Fund idea, earlier considered one of Saudi's boldest bets to diversify its economy.

When SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son let Paytm & Oyo tout the future of artificial intelligence

SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund has 82 companies in its portfolio who delve into areas like satellites, autonomous driving, chips & cancer detection.

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son explained in his own words. About 3,03,513 of them

Ahead of Q1 results, an analysis of Son's comments from previous briefings to see how his focus has changed and what may lie ahead.

Forget about Dre: Son drops the mic when it comes to M&A gaffes

Masayoshi Son’s early reveal of a Walmart Inc. deal on Wednesday isn’t the first accidental M&A announcement. But it might be the biggest. Softbank Group...

`Oops’: Walmart’s Biggest Deal Ever, Announced by SoftBank’s CEO

Hours before Walmart was scheduled to unveil the largest acquisition in its history, Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank Group, spilled the beans to a roomful of investors and journalists in Tokyo.

On Camera

Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.