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WeWork’s CMO Roger Solé on reinventing the way the world works after Covid-19

The Drum 29 Sep 2020 07:00 AM Operational turnaround: WeWork’s ‘new’ CMO on post-pandemic opportunity How do you sell workspace when nobody can go to the office? This has been the dilemma that WeWork's new CMO Roger Solé has faced since taking over the role from ad man Maurice Levy in April. Yet, as Solé explains, this tumultuous period has given WeWork some time to reflect on what the future of work will look like in a post-pandemic world.It’s now been one whole year since WeWork’s month from hell.Amid concerns from the in

Tech Tent: ARM, TikTok and the battle for tech supremacy

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ARM: UK-based chip designer sold to US firm Nvidia

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ARM: Tudor Brown says chip-maker should remain independent

BBC Technology 06 Aug 2020 12:44 PM Image copyright Getty Images/ARM ARM's ex-president has warned the sale of the UK-based chip designer to another semiconductor company could put the wider tech sector "in jeopardy".Tudor Brown's comments follow reports that ARM's current owner, Japan's Softbank, is in advanced talks to sell the firm to Nvidia, a US firm best known for its graphics chips.The Nikkei has reported that Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC has also expressed interest.Softbank declined to comment.Mr Brown was involved wi

Serialized fiction startup Radish raises $63.2M from SoftBank and Kakao

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Why has the UK invested $500m in OneWeb’s satellites?

Telegraph 03 Jul 2020 04:21 PM

Imaging startup Light is exiting the smartphone business

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Arm's Chinese joint venture rejects allegations of misconduct against CEO

Telegraph 11 Jun 2020 11:04 AM

Arm’s financials and the blurring future of the semiconductor sector

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Softbank fund warns of $16.7bn loss due to virus

BBC Technology 14 Apr 2020 04:43 AM Image copyright Getty Images SoftBank expects to lose $16.7bn (£13.3bn) on firms it has invested in through its tech start-up fund.The Japanese conglomerate is the world’s biggest technology investor through its $100bn Vision Fund.Some bad investments have seen the fund’s valuation drop substantially leading to Softbank’s first loss in 15 years.Softbank blamed the poor performance on a "deteriorating market environment" hammered by the coronavirus pandemic.The company as a whole has stakes in s

SoftBank to sell $41bn in assets to fund share buyback in coronavirus crisis

Telegraph 23 Mar 2020 11:08 AM

SoftBank readies $100m investment in British firm that spies on staff

Telegraph 19 Feb 2020 05:13 PM

Wirecard eyes share buybacks, sales leads from Softbank alliance

Reuters Business 08 May 2019 03:07 PM FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German payments firm Wirecard is considering buying back shares following its partnership with Japan’s Softbank Group which it said on Wednesday had already created leads for potential cooperation in digital payments. FILE PHOTO: Markus Braun, CEO (R) and Alexander von Knoop, CFO of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions attend the company's annual news conference in Aschheim near Munich, Germany Apr

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