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...Son also began to borrow personally from SoftBank to foot the bill for his investments in the group’s second Vision Fund, Latin America fund and shortlived hedge fund unit, SB Northstar....
...published by SoftBank show that when the company made an investment into China’s Didi Chuxing last year, after the Vision Fund was established, it was acquired using a vehicle domiciled in Jersey called the SB...
...On a measure known as CDR-SB, which measures things such as whether someone can still drive, patients taking the high dose declined 25 per cent more slowly than those on the placebo — but this result was...
...Some tech millionaires have crafted their own “hack” to crawling down Silicon Valley’s 101 freeway: decking out nondescript vans with mobile offices or dens, sofas, whiteboards and PlayStations invisible...
...Many big corporate deals have their origins on the golf course or the mountain resort of Sun Valley, Idaho, home to the annual Allen & Co media and technology conference....
...At Discovery he oversaw a $3bn portfolio of international deals, including the US television company’s acquisitions of Eurosport and SBS Nordic....
...At Discovery he oversaw a $3bn portfolio of international deals, including the US TV company’s acquisitions of Eurosport and SBS Nordic. Mr Rosenstock also worked at Sony and Credit Suisse....
...Other sites in its portfolio include the sports-focused SB Nation and Eater, a foodie site....
...Mr Bankoff said he wanted Vox to become the Time Inc for the digital generation: a portfolio of brands that could attract big audiences and advertising dollars....
...It also owns Scandinavia’s SBS and holds a majority stake in Eurosport International. Discovery may be in the sights of larger competitors....
...Last year the company used most of the €1.3bn proceeds from the disposal of SBS, the company’s nordic broadcasting assets, to Discovery Communications to reduce its debts....
...The “garden”, decorated in decking and fake grass, is on the third floor...
...include content from partners, starting with sports results and news from Sports Direct; sports photography from US Presswire; game reports and team analysis from Sports Xchange; and fans’ coverage from SB...
...“The Nikkei was only briefly helped by the talk ofintervention, especially since it’s hard to tell if any such move actually took place,” said Koichi Ogawa, of Daiwa SB Investments....
...“Compared to the sense of urgency you get from the Fed, this inaction on the BoJ’s part raises questions about whether they would really intervene to stem the yen’s rise,” said Koichi Ogawa, of Daiwa SB...
...“The Nikkei could reach 10,000, either later this month or early next month,” said Soichiro Monji, of Daiwa SB Investments....
...“The global consensus is that the economic recovery is slowing and we need a catalyst to boost market sentiment,” said Koichi Ogawa, of Daiwa SB Investments....
...Recommending the buying of sectors that were sold on “excessive pessimism”, Masayuki Kubota, of Daiwa SB Investments, said: “People are very sensitive to economic data from the US....
...The agreements it has made so far are with ESPN in the US, Sogecable in Spain and SBS in South Korea. But in the UK, for example, the World Cup will only be broadcast in 3D to venues such as cinemas....
...Trex, the deckings and railings maker, was one of the market’s few casualties....
...Christmas isn’t far away: high streets are decking themselves with tat. Which fizzy drinks company and pixar identi-cartoon, we wonder, will sponsor Oxford Street this year?...
...Other companies, such as -Vivendi, EMI and parts of the Tribune Co, have been circled by private equity firms....
...It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in Hong Kong, and not only because local property developers are already decking their malls with Yuletide trinkets....
...Proceeds from the issue will be used to finance the acquisition of AT&T Wireless by Cingular, a company owned by BellSouth and SBS Communications....
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