Tag: Alibaba
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![The strange story of SoftBank’s rich weirdo CEO, Masayoshi Son]()
The strange story of SoftBank’s rich weirdo CEO, Masayoshi Son
I’ve always wanted to be a rich weirdo. Like Nicolas Cage marrying Lisa-Marie Presley on a whim to feel close to her Dad, buying two private islands, collecting shrunken pygmy heads and living in Anne Rice’s old house in the Garden District of New Orleans weird. But those things get old, and eventually I’d want…
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![Monday Recap: Schwab + TD Ameritrade, Trade Talks, and Alibaba]()
Monday Recap: Schwab + TD Ameritrade, Trade Talks, and Alibaba
Schwab buys TD Ameritrade It’s final: Schwab will buy TD Ameritrade for $26 billion to emerge as a giant with almost $5 trillion in assets. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but at least there’s free trading. TD Ameritrade stockholders will get 1.0837 Schwab shares for each TD share, according to filings. This…
