If you’re a SoftBank employee, you can now invest in the Vision Fund.The Japanese tech behemoth plans to lend up to $20 billion to its employees to buy stakes in its second mega-venture fund, according to The Wall Street Journal. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son may account for as much as $15 billion of that amount.It’s…
Japan's SoftBank Group Corp is planning to lend up to $20 billion to its employees, including Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, to buy stakes in its second Vision Fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.The loans are likely to have an interest rate of about 5%, the WSJ said, citing a source.Son himself may account…
ImageTens of thousands of people gathered at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on Sunday.CreditCreditLam Yik Fei for The New York TimesHONG KONG — A sea of Hong Kong protesters marched through the dense city center in the pouring rain on Sunday, defying a police ban, in a vivid display of the movement’s continuing strength after…
Even in a country renowned across the globe for its ineffable natural beauty, New Zealand’s Nelson Tasman region particularly astounds. Encompassing the most northwesterly part of the South Island—including the city of Nelson, its oldest settlement—and considered the nation’s sunniest place (with 30% more rays than the national average), it’s home to a literal slew…
The Manhattan jail that the financier Jeffrey Epstein died in last Saturday was chronically understaffed and had tasked just 18 workers with guarding 750 inmates. Ten of those workers were working overtime when Epstein died, The New York Times reported, citing Bureau of Prison records. The staffing problems have frequently resulted in workers like teachers…
ImageRabbi Avi S. Olitzky at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minn.CreditCreditJenn Ackerman for The New York TimesA rabbi in St. Louis Park, Minn., was more than six thousand miles from Jerusalem when he heard the Israeli government decided to bar two Muslim members of Congress from making an official visit to the Jewish…
What is supposedly (and probably) the smallest cinema in the world is tucked into the lobby of The Hoxton, a trendy, less-than-one-year-old hotel Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood.At first glance, the theater seems to be a social media gimmick meant to appeal to the herds of fad-chasing millennials who call Brooklyn home and hope to be the…
Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, New York City's chief medical examiner ruled on Friday. The news comes nearly a week after Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell. He had faced federal charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy. The medical examiner had previously stopped short of ruling on a cause of…
Middle East|Israel Says Rashida Tlaib Can Visit to See Her GrandmotherImageRepresentative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, is of Palestinian descent and has spoken often of her grandmother, who lives in the West Bank.CreditCreditErin Schaff/The New York TimesJERUSALEM — A day after barring Representative Rashida Tlaib under pressure from President Trump, Israel said on Friday that…
Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Israel tangles with two U.S. congresswomen, YouTube is hit with a lawsuit from LGBTQ creators, and we visit some interesting arguments about paid family leave and universal child care. Have a wonderful weekend. EVERYONE’S TALKING – Support for working women. In Fortune, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America CEO Deanna M. Mulligan…
