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Re:Troubles Mount for the We Company as Softbank Reportedly ... by Braighni on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @07:19AM (#20927001)
Softbank invested at a $47 billion valuation.

An IPO at $20bn, that may tank afterwards, would really hurt their paper profits.

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Re:Troubles Mount for the We Company as Softbank Reportedly ... by _flwm on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:33AM (#20929327)
The risk may be more existential for Softbank than just knocking profits -- coming after Uber
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