Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. is in discussions with potential investors in Canada and the Middle East to raise $7 billion of additional capital for its technology fund, according to people familiar with the matter. The Japanese company is in talks with Canadian pension funds, sovereign wealth funds in Kuwait and Qatar and technology companies, the people said, asking not to …

Bloomberg Cloudflare Inc. hired Symantec Corp.’s former chief financial officer to fill the same role at the network security company as it prepares for an initial public offering. Thomas Seifert will join San Francisco-based Cloudflare, according to the company. After considering about 30 candidates over a two-and-a-half year search process, Seifert was the first person Cloudflare made a formal offer …

Bloomberg Germany’s Lufthansa is considering stretching out deliveries of Boeing’s new 777X aircraft, concerned about the cost and size of the big jet as the aviation industry shifts to smaller, more nimble planes. A decision on the new timeline is “urgent” and could be reached by September, according to an internal video presentation by Lufthansa Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr. …