Tag: Masayoshi Son

Apple would rather kill U.S. manufacturing if it could, but doing so would be political suicide

Wednesday, December 21, 2016 10:56 amWednesday, December 21, 201643 Comments

To this day, the Mac Pro remains one of the few products that Apple actually manufactures in the U.S…

Apple in talks to invest $1 billion in SoftBank tech fund

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 8:55 amTuesday, December 13, 20165 Comments

Apple Inc. has held talks about investing in a $100 billion fund being raised by Japanese internet…

Apple developing wind power in China in exchange for Foxconn’s U.S. expansion?

Thursday, December 8, 2016 12:59 pm16 Comments

The world’s largest wind power turbine maker, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, announced a joint venture with Apple on wind power developments in China

Apple supplier Foxconn plans U.S. expansion amid President-elect Trump’s Made in America push

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 10:05 pmWednesday, December 7, 201639 Comments

Foxconn Technology Group, which manufactures Apple Inc.’s iPhone and other products…

Apple supplier Foxconn eyes U.S. expansion as U.S. President-elect Trump woos Asian firms

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 9:25 amWednesday, December 7, 20168 Comments

An additional $7 billion investment and creation of a further 50,000 jobs…

President-elect Trump named TIME’s Person of the Year; tells Apple CEO Cook: ‘It’s my ambition to get Apple to build a great plant, your biggest and your best’

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 8:45 amWednesday, December 7, 201644 Comments

President-elect Donald Trump has been named “Person of the Year” by TIME Magazine, the 90th installment…

Softbank to invest $50 billion in the U.S., create 50,000 new tech jobs after meeting with President-elect Trump – and Apple supplier Foxconn is in on the deal

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 10:32 pmTuesday, December 6, 201653 Comments

Softbank’s Masayoshi Son met with President-elect Donald Trump today and announced that he’ll be investing $50 billion dollars in the U.S. that will create 50,000 new tech jobs…

Sprint pushes forward with T-Mobile US bid

Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:09 amThursday, May 1, 201410 Comments

Sprint Corp. plans to push forward with a bid for T-Mobile US Inc…

SoftBank CEO scored iPhone exclusivity in Japan after pitching an Apple cellphone to Steve Jobs

Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:32 pmThursday, March 13, 20144 Comments

Steve Jobs said, “Masa, you are crazy…”

Taizo Son becomes billionaire on wildly popular ‘Puzzle & Dragons’ iPhone app

Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:01 amThursday, May 9, 201319 Comments

Taizo Son, the youngest brother of SoftBank Corp. magnate Masayoshi Son, has become a billionaire…

Japan’s Softbank profit doubles as Apple iPhones and iPads lure new customers

Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:15 pmThursday, January 31, 201310 Comments

Sales of the iPhone 5 have been strong, contributing positively…

Softbank to buy 70% of Sprint Nextel

Monday, October 15, 2012 5:31 pm2 Comments

Softbank Corp. agreed to buy a stake of about 70 percent in Sprint Nextel Corp. for $20.1 billion…

Softbank CEO: Steve Jobs worked on Apple until his last day (with video)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:36 amWednesday, October 19, 201119 Comments

Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank, talked about his relationship to Apple and Jobs…