Coronavirus complicates SoftBank valuation calculations

COVID-19 damages group companies as difficult questions of value and strategy endure

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Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12: the world saw Son throwing money at ventures following nothing but highly fallible gut instinct. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

Stephen Givens is a corporate lawyer based in Tokyo.

COVID-19 has made it that much harder for investors to figure out SoftBank Group. Pre-coronavirus, it was already plenty complex.

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