ARM owner SoftBank to create $100bn tech fund with Saudi sovereign investment

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ARM owner SoftBank to create $100bn tech fund with Saudi sovereign investment

SoftBank says it will find another $25bn to invest in high tech - but where will it get the money?

SoftBank, the Japanese company that completed the £24.3bn acquisition of UK chip designer ARM just last month, is teaming up with the Saudi government's sovereign wealth fund to create a $100bn technology...

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