SoftBank SPAC in talks about $2bn merger with location start-up Mapbox

Sky News2021-04-23

A New York-listed blank cheque company set up by SoftBank is in merger talks with Washington-based Mapbox, Sky News learns. SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son A ‘blank cheque’ company set up by ...

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Jia jia
2021-04-25
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2021-04-25
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?mapbox
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2021-04-25
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Good
Kah
2021-04-25
Kah
Good buy?
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