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Vincent Boland: SoftBank’s troubles may be an ominous sign of things to come

Now that the era of cheap money that drove the success of the private equity sector is coming to an end, the billionaire Masayoshi Son may not be the only one whose fortunes are turning

Vincent Boland: Reality bites for Big Tech as $40bn deal fails to get past M&A watchdogs

That regulators pounced on the intended sale of strategic British tech firm Arm by SoftBank to Nvidia shouldn’t have come as such a surprise

Vincent Boland: Japanese finance’s favourite Son loses knack of picking winners

Masayoshi Son’s attempt to reinvigorate his beloved SoftBank by mounting a share buyback is a lame attempt to rouse it out of its own inertia

Vincent Boland: Exxon loses its way as oil giant goes from leader to laggard

Climate change is now about business rather than emotion and Exxon-Mobil must reinvent itself if it is to catch up with its rivals in the transition to clean energy