As Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp unloads about 200 million shares of T-Mobile US Inc, more investors get a chance to own a top-performing stock that had been hogged by insiders. SoftBank’s fire sale isn’t a knock on T-Mobile, but rather a reluctant move by billionaire Masayoshi Son to shore up his own troubled conglomerate. Indeed, his loss will be someone ...

One stereotype about Germans is that they love to complain, typically with self-righteous bluster and hair-splitting inflexibility. Much less known is the addendum. Having complained, and realising that their position is untenable, Germans are also remarkably adept at changing the subject and moving on. You see this in domestic politics all the time. Last fall the Social Democrats, the junior ...

Dell Technologies Inc’s magical merry-go-round of financial engineering is spinning once again. The corporate computing giant is examining options for its majority stake in software-company VMware Inc. that include a spinoff of the holdings, the Wall Street Journal reported. VMware shares soared roughly 10% on the news in after-market trading, valuing Dell’s 81% stake at around $55 billion. To understand ...