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Investors who bought a position in Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) under the assumption of an imminent M&A deal that would pay a hefty premium may have made a logical decision. But at the same time, the company's performance as a stand-alone entity should support the stock, Barclays' Amir...

In what could have been a mega-merger in the wireless and cable space, Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) proposed to pursue a merger with Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR), according to the Wall Street Journal late last week. However, even before the implications of the proposed offer began to...

The news just keeps getting better for NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) investors. After a huge Q1 earnings beat sent shares soaring, Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the Japanese telecom giant SoftBank Corp has taken a $4 billion stake in Nvidia. Incredible Run Nvidia investors nervous about...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), one of the hottest stocks of 2016, is up nearly 30 percent since the start of 2017. The stock was up another 3 percent Wednesday after Japan-based SoftBank reportedly picked up a $4 billion stake in the technology company. According to Bloomberg, SoftBank...

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBF)’s founder and CEO Masayoshi Son plans to make his childhood dreams come true after securing an unparalleled $92 billion in funding for his vision fund. On Monday, SoftBank officially closed the first round of its investment funding, securing investments from...

In a deal that would inevitably shake up the telecom industry, everyone seems to be asking what company Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) could acquire. Sprint parent company Softbank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBF)'s CEO Masayoshi Son previously expressed that he would prefer a deal with T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS...

Reviewing salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM)'s first-quarter results released Thursday after the close, Stifel referred to the company's assertion that two initiatives in the quarter yielded positive customer feedback. Initiatives Yield Fruit Analysts Tom Roderick and Parker Lane highlighted the...

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has already made it clear he wants to conquer the Indian e-commerce market. But he isn't the only billionaire businessman looking to do so. Japan's Masayoshi Son is also eyeing the very lucrative and very young market. Son, the...

Since 2016, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares have been rangebound between $15 and $25. Amid the range bound movement, the shares saw a mini-downtrend since mid-February this year following the release of lackluster fourth-quarter revenues and below-consensus forward guidance. Mixed Technicals In a...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iconic founder, the late Steve Jobs, was a visionary par excellence, a trailblazer, a thought leader, a great inventor, an excellent communicator, a marketing genius — one who changed the way we learn, communicate and listen to music. Just like the Bible vests on...

Various media reports suggested last week that Softbank, the parent company of Sprint Corp (NYSE: S), may approach T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS)'s parent company Deutsche Telekom over a potential tie-up. In a research report on Tuesday, Goldman Sachs' Brett Feldman suggested that a potential...

Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) shares are up 28.5 percent after SoftBank agreed to buy the company for $8.08/share. The news came just hours after Benzinga alerted its pro subscribers to two unusually large Fortress call purchases on the options market. At 1:14 p.m. ET on Tuesday,...

U.K. company Reckitt Benckiser Group plc has delivered the largest M&A deal so far in 2017 by announcing a $19 billion buyout of U.S. company Mead Johnson Nutrition CO (NYSE: MJN). According to CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla, the Mead Johnson buyout is the fourth-largest foreign buyout of a U.S...

Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) investors are always on the lookout of any M&A news regarding the company given the prospects of U.S. regulators allowing four operators to consolidate to three. But, Sprint’s 80 percent plus shareholder SoftBank remains very positive on U.S. carrier’s efforts...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has pledged a $1 billion investment in Softbank Group Corp's (OTC: SFTBF) $100 billion new technology fund, “dedicated to investments in the technology sector globally." The tech giant is hoping new technologies that arise from the fund will come to...