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SoftBank-owned ARM agrees to buy US’s Treasure Data

Bloomberg ARM Holdings Plc, the British computer-chip designer owned by SoftBank Group Corp., has agreed to buy US-based data analytics firm Treasure Data Inc., people familiar with the matter said. Treasure Data may fetch about $600 million in the sale, the people said, asking not to be identified because the deal isn’t yet public. A spokesman for ARM declined to ...

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Starbucks says delivery to help it lead in China

Bloomberg Starbucks Corp., facing a rare sales decline in China, is betting a rapid roll out of delivery service will get the business back on track. With the company expecting China to eventually surpass the US as its biggest market, Starbucks says deliveries will help it will fend off competitors who are already offering the service, coupled with deep discounts. ...

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Samsung Securities CEO resigns after $105bn stock blunder

Bloomberg The chief executive of Samsung Securities Co. resigned after the company was punished by South Korea’s financial regulator because an employee’s error sparked a $105 billion “ghost stock” blunder. Koo Sung-hoon’s resignation was disclosed in a regulatory filing on July 27, a day after the Financial Services Commission ordered the firm to suspend Koo for three months. The firm ...

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