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The Tokyo-based company reported a net loss of ¥369.2 billion (US$2.4 billion) for its financial third quarter, compared with a profit of ¥950 billion a year ago. The firm’s Vision Fund unit ...

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An initial public offering from a key global supplier of semiconductor materials is seeking to raise about ¥460 billion ($3 billion) in what would be Japan’s biggest such deal since 2018.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. reported a 369.2 billion yen ($2.4 billion) loss for the fiscal third quarter as it racked up red ink from its Vision Fund investments.