Tag: Softbank
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![Chip Designer Arm IPOs 10% over its debut price but questions arise on valuation]()
Chip Designer Arm IPOs 10% over its debut price but questions arise on valuation
Chip designer Arm (ARM:Nasdaq) launched its initial public offering today (September 14th 2023). The ARM IPO priced 95.5 million shares at $51 per share at a valuation of $54.5 billion on a fully diluted basis. This $51 was the high end of the expected range of $47-$51. Arm came out swinging. The open price was…
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![Tuesday Recap: Dell, Best Buy, and China’s Slowdown]()
Tuesday Recap: Dell, Best Buy, and China’s Slowdown
Dell Earnings The firm reported third-quarter earnings today that beat estimates for earnings per share, but fell short of meeting the street’s revenue expectations. Here are the stats: Shares traded down in aftermarket trading as the firm cut its FY2020 sales forecast. It’s not that surprising because if a firm is reducing its own expectations…
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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…
