Among its other arguments, Softbank says the hypothetical Dish-Sprint entity would be dangerously overleveraged.
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The transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both SoftBank and Sprint.
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That approach led to early, successful investments in Qualcomm, JDS Uniphase, NTTDoCoMo and Softbank.
Softbank and its CEO Masayoshi Son made a bid for 70% of Sprint.
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Clearwire, Softbank, China Mobile and Vodafone were among the founding members of the group.
It is an odd appendage in the Web-centric empire of Softbank founder Masayoshi Son.
Billionaire Masayoshi Son CEO of Softbank, met this month with the FCC.
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After graduation Son went back home to Japan and founded Softbank as a software distributor.
Ten years ago he was courted to run Forbes.com but elected to go to SoftBank instead.
Besides its investment, Softbank is creating a 50-50 joint venture with Gilt called Gilt Groupe Japan.
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It appeared that Son was hiding some of Softbank's financial skeletons in MAC's closet.
Softbank, for its part, does not seem to be in danger of running out of cash.
Maybe that would actually hasten the process, given Softbank has deeper pockets than Sprint.
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Most of them worked in the surrounding office buildings that housed multinationals like Microsoft and Softbank.
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SoftBank is financing the deal through a combination of cash and a syndicated financing facility.
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While hardly in the same dire straights as Sprint, the past few years have challenged Softbank.
Softbank, seller of the popular iPhone in Japan, also has big stakes in Yahoo!
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Kmart's foray into free cyberspace is aided by partners Yahoo, Softbank and the Martha Stewart franchise.
But at SoftBank we have operating companies with thousands of people in Japan and China.
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In October 2012, Sprint announced a 70% stake sale of the company to Japanese telco Softbank.
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Shares in Softbank, a giant Internet conglomerate, are now worth 100 times forecast revenues.
In five years, he expects the Softbank family to grow to 780 companies around the world.
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Softbank's rivals can take some solace in knowing that Son's mistakes have been spectacular.
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If Softbank is after spectrum, the entity with the juicy spectrum position is Clearwire.
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But more serious doubts have also begun to emerge about Softbank's increasingly chaotic Internet empire.
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Whatever might become of Softbank, Mr Son deserves credit for this exceptionally shrewd investment.
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He is President of Vodafone UK Ltd and Softbank Telecom which Son controls.
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The ties between Softbank and the various players at Clearwire and Sprint are wide and deep.
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Son knows that at this point boosting Softbank's market value in Japan is probably a lost cause.
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