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SoftBank revealed as Nasdaq 'whale'

It's emerged that SoftBank has been taking massive positions in technology stocks

It's emerged that SoftBank, the huge Japanese investment company headed by Masayoshi Son, has been taking massive positions in technology stocks which could be partly responsible for the recent tech rally. We hear from Robin Wigglesworth, one of the journalists who broke the story; he's the Financial Times' Global Finance Correspondent. And Chris Low from FHN Financial tells us how the market reacted to the revelations. In Brazil, ahead of much of the rest of the world, women footballers are getting pay parity with the men and Pia Sundhage, coach of Brazil's national women's team, gives us her reaction. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Technology reporter Zoe Kleinman reports on an increase in romance scams. And we're joined throughout the programme by Karen Percy, who's a senior reporter with the ABC in Melbourne.

(Picture of Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp, by Alessandro Di Ciommo via Getty Images)

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  • Sat 5 Sep 2020 00:06GMT

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