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Giles Turner

ARTICLES BY GILES TURNER

SoftBank founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son. (Photo: AP)

How Masayoshi Son’s ‘Money Guy’ went from hero to zero

7 min read . 01 Apr 2021

India was one of TikTok's largest markets, with more than 200 million users

SoftBank is said to consider bid for TikTok in India: Report

2 min read . 03 Sept 2020

SoftBank Vision Fund’s Praveen Akkiraju is stepping down

1 min read . 12 Dec 2019

Facebook paid teens to sell privacy; ejected by Apple from business app program

1 min read . 30 Jan 2019

Shares in Apple, which is set to post quarterly results on 1 May, have fallen just over 7% over the past three days. Photo: Reuters

Apple supplier AMS’s outlook spurs fears of weak iPhone X demand

1 min read . 24 Apr 2018

Among Facebook’s top quartile, or highest paid staff, about 30% are women. This decreases to just 19% in the second quartile, according to data published by the company. Photo: AFP

Facebook, Amazon reveal gender pay gap of their UK workforces

2 min read . 29 Mar 2018

Once Broadcom re-domiciles in the US, currently planned for no later than 6 May, the takeover would not be a CFIUS covered transaction. Photo: Reuters

Broadcom faces new hurdle as CFIUS probes Qualcomm takeover bid

1 min read . 05 Mar 2018

SoftBank shares fell less than 1% in early trade in Tokyo on Thursday. Photo: Bloomberg

SoftBank in talks to buy stake in reinsurance giant Swiss Re

2 min read . 08 Feb 2018

Uber’s business head said the company is in early talks with several taxi companies in the Japan, and expects to strike more than one partnership. Photo: Mint

Uber plots expansion in Japan, Singapore amid talks of retreat

3 min read . 01 Feb 2018

SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to back online insurance start-up PolicyBazaar at a valuation of at least $800 million. Photo: Bloomberg

SoftBank may acquire stake in online insurance start-up PolicyBazaar

1 min read . 26 Jan 2018

Alphabet Inc.’s Google division started selling its own smartphones in 2016, so new engineering talent from Redux may help the company develop handsets with better sound. Photo: Reuters

Google quietly buys UK sound tech start-up Redux

1 min read . 11 Jan 2018

Intel, one of the world’s largest chipmakers, said last week that all modern processors can be attacked by techniques dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, exposing crucial data, such as passwords and encryption keys. Photo: AFP

Chip industry meltdown: An insider’s account

11 min read . 09 Jan 2018

London will be Facebook’s largest engineering hub outside the US. Photo: AFP

Facebook to increase its UK workforce by almost 50%

1 min read . 04 Dec 2017

Naspers chief executive officer Bob Van Dijk.

Naspers CEO Bob Van Dijk marks ‘several billion’ for tech investments

2 min read . 15 Nov 2017

Uber is also facing challenges around the world over its classification of drivers as contractors rather than full-time employees. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

Uber seeks more London talks as it appeals licence ban

2 min read . 13 Oct 2017

SoftBank agreed to acquire alternative-asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC for $3.3 billion in February. Photo: Reuters

SoftBank plots deals to build $300 billion asset-management arm

3 min read . 29 Sept 2017

VC firm Benchmark, which led Travis Kalanick’s ouster in June, has sought a guarantee in writing from SoftBank that it would reject reappointing him as CEO and block his appointment as chairman of the board or head of one of its subcommittees, said the people. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Uber-SoftBank deal is said to ensure limit on Travis Kalanick power

3 min read . 28 Sept 2017

Uber was banned in London on concerns that it continued to employ a driver accused of sexual assault. Photo: AFP

Uber’s UK problems mount with sexual discrimination suit

2 min read . 26 Sept 2017

Over 80 companies in Russia (including Rosneft) , Ukraine were affected by the Petya virus that disabled computers on Tuesday and told users to pay $300 in cryptocurrency to unlock them. Photo: AP

Cyberattack similar to WannaCry goes global hits WPP, Rosneft, Maersk

3 min read . 27 Jun 2017

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has vowed to become the biggest investor in the technology industry over the next decade. Photo: Bloomberg

SoftBank’s $100 billion fund says in talks with Canada, Mideast for $7 billion cash

1 min read . 04 Jun 2017