The head of Japanese firm SoftBank on Monday condemned the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but indicated he would continue to do business with Saudi Arabia.

We cannot turn our backs on the Saudi people: Softbank chief Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, whose $93 billion Vision Fund drew nearly half its money from Saudi Arabia, cancelled a speaking engagement at the kingdom's investment conference this week, a person close to the matter told Reuters.

SoftBank's Mayshi Son cancels Saudi conference speech

Walmart said earlier this month it will pay $16 billion for a roughly 77 percent stake in Flipkart. SoftBank owns an about 20% stake in Flipkart

SoftBank says selling entire Flipkart stake to Walmart

The factors that hold key to the decision include the tax SoftBank has to pay on profits it would earn from such share sale.

Flipkart deal: SoftBank undecided on selling stake to Walmart

Amazon has already begun building up its war chest infusing fresh capital worth Rs 2,600 crore into its India unit, Amazon Seller Services.

Walmart may announce Flipkart deal today

The deal, capping almost two years of talks, will help the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer fortify and boost market share against Amazon.com, which reportedly had tried to make a competing offer for a stake

Walmart buying 77% stake in Flipkart for $16 billion

The announcement was made by SoftBank CEO Mayashi Son who owns a 20 per cent stake in Flipkart. The deal is expected to be officially announced today with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in Bangalore, where Flipkart is headquartered

Walmart is buying Flipkart for a reported $15 billion

India’s Paytm E-Commerce Pvt. Ltd. in this funding round will value the online retailer at roughly Rs 12,300 crore or $1.9 billion

SoftBank, Alibaba to invest $445 million in Paytm

The global transportation technology company, Uber, has confirmed a deal on Sunday in which the Japanese company conglomerate Softbank will buy a stake in it

Softbank to acquire stake in Uber, invest $10 billion

Uber Technologies Inc's fractured board declared peace on Tuesday, attempting to put months of strife behind it by unanimously passing a series of measures to shore up corporate governance

Uber board makes peace with SoftBank

The funding has come from a group of investors that includes SoftBank Group and Tencent Holdings

Ola gets $2 billion funding, should help bolster it against Uber

SoftBank, which has also?invested in Indian online grocer Grofers and cab hailing firm Ola, said its?Vision?Fund?"follows an independent process and judges every?investment on?its?own merit."

SoftBank Vision fund seeks to invest up to $2 billion in Flipkart

Snapdeal founders would get $15 million each and Nexus would get $50 million to $60 million

Snapdeal, Nexus reach deal with SoftBank for sale to Flipkart: Report

SoftBank has poured roughly $1 billion into Snapdeal since 2014

How Japan's SoftBank is powering India's e-commerce

India?s burgeoning online retail market appears to be undergoing a transition phase.

BigBasket, Grofers may merge; Is India?s online market undergoing a major shift?

SoftBank has also said that it plans to make future large-scale investments via the tech fund, rather than on its own

Apple plans to invest $1 billion in a tech-fund by SoftBank

Trump said the Japanese investment will create 50,000 US jobs

Trump trumpets $50bn investment deal with Japan's SoftBank ahead of victory rally

If confirmed, the deal would be one of the largest in European technology to date and SoftBank's largest ever

SoftBank set to buy UK chip designer ARM for around $32 billion

The maker of hit games Boom Beach and Hay Day now has Tencent's backing as it pushes into China's large gaming market

China's Tencent buys Finland's Supercell for $8.6 billion in the biggest ever deal in gaming merger and acquisitions

Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank today said it will sell at least $ 7.9 billion (USD) of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, as it looks to pay down a whopping debt.

SoftBank to sell part of stake in China's Alibaba for $7.9 billion

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