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SoftBank Said To Have Held Talks With Mubadala, Elliott Management On Going Private

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SoftBank instead decided to move ahead with a plan to sell assets to pay down debt and boost a share buyback Read more

Lewis Hamilton Chases Records As Virus-hit F1 Season Roars Into Life

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Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton has been the dominant force in recent times, winning five of the previous six titles Read more

Malaysia's Largest Islamic Bank Opens First Overseas Branch In Dubai

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Maybank Islamic is the Shariah-compliant division of Malaysia's largest lender Malayan Banking Berhad Read more

Bahrain's Investcorp Signs Deal To Invest In Asian Food Brands

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New platform is aiming to raise $500m to invest in food brands in China, Singapore and greater Southeast Asia Read more

Bahrain's Investcorp Inks Deal To Target Chinese Tech Investments

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Investcorp and China Everbright Limited announce they are combining their investment teams to target the Chinese technol... Read more

SoftBank Posts $6.5bn Operating Loss On WeWork, Uber

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The $100 billion Vision Fund had been a driver of profit growth at SoftBank, contributing over $14 billion in mostly pap... Read more

Australia's Vow And Declare Wins Melbourne Cup

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Master of Reality crossed the line second in a photo finish ahead of Prince of Arran and Il Paradiso Read more

World's Largest Bank Lists $1bn Bonds On Nasdaq Dubai

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Dubai bourse welcomes listing of two $500m bonds by Commercial Bank of China Read more

Rugby World Cup 2019: Two Games Cancelled In Japan Over Typhoon Hagibis

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Sunday's four games - including the Pool A showdown between hosts Japan and Scotland - are under re Read more

Rugby World Cup 2019: Crunch Time For Countries Looking To Make Quarter-finals

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Home nation Japan are looking to qualify for their first ever World Cup quarter-final Read more

Fears Eased Over Middle East Blackout For Rugby World Cup 2019

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World Rugby confirms discussions are taking place with potential broadcast partners in the region Read more

Saudi, Abu Dhabi And Oman Said To Be In Talks With SoftBank Over New $100bn Fund

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SoftBank's first Vision Fund has stakes in many of the world's leading technology companies, including Uber and WeWork Read more

ENOC Secures $690m Loan From Chinese Bank Consortium

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The members of the consortium are China's top three banks in terms of size, assets and profits Read more

Oman Said To Mull Multi-billion Dollar SoftBank Fund Investment

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Japanese conglomerate SoftBank reportedly negotiating with Oman for an investment of several billion dollars in its Visi... Read more

Saudi Wealth Fund Looks To China Amid Global Ambitions

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Public Investment Fund managing director says keen to accelerate Asia growth, sees 'a lot of potential' Read more

Saudi Aramco Unit Inks $1.25bn Deal For Hyundai Oilbank Stake

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Saudi Aramco says that a subsidiary will buy a 17% stake in South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank Read more

Saudi's SALIC Makes First Australian Farming Acquisition

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Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company buys 200,000 hectares in Western Australia's wheat belt Read more

SoftBank To Seek $15bn More For Its Huge Tech Fund

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SoftBank's Vision Fund - backed by Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi - has invested more than $70 billion in tech companies in ... Read more

UAE Bank To Hold Investor Roadshow Ahead Of Issuing Bond

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National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah to hold investor meetings in Hong Kong, Singapore and London Read more

UAE's Mubadala Explores New Investments, Partnerships In Asia

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Abu Dhabi fund is looking at sectors including hi-tech industries, artificial intelligence, healthcare and real estate Read more