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14 Oct
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher after China inflation data
Stocks in London were set for a firmer open on Friday following the release of encouraging Chinese inflation data.
14 Oct
Friday newspaper round-up: SoftBank, Tesco/Unilever, US banks exodus
SoftBank and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund are preparing to launch a new tech fund that will manage as much as $100bn, in a move that will create one of the largest tech investment funds in the world. The new fund, dubbed the SoftBank Vision Fund, will be based in London and seeded with $25bn from SoftBank and up to $45bn from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund over the next five years, according to a statement from Masayoshi Son’s Japanese telecoms group.