SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, according to people familiar with the matter.
Investors will be looking out for Malaysia’s central bank policy meeting today, where it’s expected to keep its policy rate steady at 3%.
Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Thursday, supported by positive cues from Wall Street overnight. Gains are led by China, where multiple government departments unveiled medium- and long-term investment plans to boost capital market confidence.
Asian shares are mixed after China rolled out more moves to boost its lagging stock markets. Hong Kong and Shanghai rose but then shed some of their initial gains early Thursday. Officials in Beijing said pension funds and mutual funds would be required to increase purchases of shares,
Tech stocks lead gains in Hang Seng and Nikkei 225, fueled by Beijing stimulus, Trump’s tariff shift, and Fed rate cut hopes
Officials in Beijing said Chinese pension funds and ... including those of SoftBank Group Corp. It is investing heavily in Stargate, a joint venture the White House has announced will start ...
World shares were mixed on Thursday after China rolled out more moves to try to boost its lagging stock markets by raising confidence that prices will rise.
The rise of little-known Chinese tech start-up DeepSeek has exposed weaknesses in America's "small yard, high fence" strategy to contain China's technological progress, according to experts. The company's success has also signalled an intensifying competition between the US and China to win over the brightest AI minds,
Trump has threatened additional tariffs on Chinese goods soon after his inauguration on Monday, building on an increasingly tough U.S. stance on Beijing ... the U.S., while SoftBank CEO Masayoshi ...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a major investment to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) led by Japan’s Softbank Group Corp, cloud giant Oracle Corp and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
Who will “save” TikTok? YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison have been floated as potential buyers of the app in the past week.