British chip designer Arm, backed by SoftBank, is in talks with potential strategic investors including Intel to anchor what will be one of the largest initial public offerings of the year, according to people familiar with the matter.

Arm has secretly filed for a public listing that its owner, SoftBank, says will see the chip design firm remain a subsidiary.

SoftBank's chip technology firm Arm's China joint venture laid off 90-95 employees last week to cope with a challenging business outlook this year, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

SoftBank has put on hold plans for a London initial public offering of Arm because of the political turmoil in the UK government, throwing doubt on Britain's place as the future home of the Cambridge-based tech giant.

SoftBank's founder and Chief Executive Masayoshi Son on Friday reiterated the Japanese conglomerate was most likely to list British-based chip designer unit Arm on Nasdaq, while stressing no decision has been made.

Arm, the SoftBank Group unit preparing for an initial public offering, will cut as much as 15% of its workforce, part of an effort to rein in spending and focus on fewer projects.

SoftBank has shelved its blockbuster sale of Arm to US chipmaker Nvidia valued at up to US$80 billion citing regulatory hurdles and will instead seek to list the company.

SoftBank is holding back on new investments in China while it sees how Beijing's move to tame its technology sector plays out.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is still confident regulators will green-light its $40 billion acquisition of SoftBank Group's Arm, despite growing skepticism about the deal's prospects.

The firm plans to raise $525 million to invest in a technology company.

Hyundai said the deal values the robot firm at $1.1 billion, suggesting the automaker group offered $880 million for the 80% stake.

SoftBank doubled its internal target for selling down assets this year in preparation for a potential "worst case scenario" in the next two to three months as coronavirus cases spike, CEO Masayoshi Son said.

Billionaire tycoon Masayoshi Son's huge bets in recent months on listed tech stocks didn't pay off.

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Thursday the sale of chip designer Arm to Nvidia will drive growth in computing power, in his first public comments since the $40 billion deal was announced in September.

Shares in SoftBank retreated again on Tuesday, bringing losses in Japan to 7.7% over two days following reports that the conglomerate had been making huge and risky bets on tech stocks.

SoftBank was the buyer of billions of dollars in technology company options in the past month, according to the Financial Times.

Chip company Arm Holdings said on Monday it has put the brakes on the proposed transfer of two of its software businesses to its Japan-based parent SoftBank Group.

The SoftBank Vision Fund, which reported an $18 billion loss last year, recorded an investment gain of $2.8 billion for this quarter.

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday denied a media report that it is considering buying a small stake in SoftBank Group's chip company Arm Holdings.

SoftBank Group under-reported income to Japan's tax authorities by around 40 billion yen ($380 million) in the financial year ended March 2019, a person with knowledge of the matter said, requiring the conglomerate to resubmit filings.

SoftBank's chip company Arm has gathered takeover interest from Nvidia, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

SoftBank has hired Goldman Sachs to advise it on a potential IPO or sale of chip designer Arm Holdings.

Rajeev Misra, the chief executive of the colossal SoftBank Vision Fund, has revealed where he's been investing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Arm, the world's leading supplier of CPU and GPU designs, just announced that it plans to transfer the IoT Services Group (ISG), which includes the IoT Platform and Treasure Data teams, to its parent company SoftBank.

SoftBank plans to sell up to two-thirds of its stake in T-Mobile early next week, sources told CNBC's David Faber Tuesday.

SoftBank created a $100 million Opportunity Fund that will invest only in companies led by people of color.

Japan's SoftBank Group reported a stunning $18 billion loss at its giant Vision Fund, pushing Masayoshi Son's conglomerate to a record loss and highlighting the deepening crisis at its portfolio companies from the global downturn.

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann filed a lawsuit against Japan's SoftBank Group and its Vision Fund on Monday for terminating a $3 billion tender offer to the office-sharing startup's shareholders.

Japanese mobile carriers NTT Docomo and SoftBank said they will delay their launches of Apple's new iPhone SE model until May 11 instead of the scheduled April 27 amid the coronavirus outbreak.

SoftBank shares fell 3.5% on Tuesday morning after estimating the Vision Fund will record a 1.8 trillion yen ($16.73 billion) loss in the year ended March due to the tumbling value of bets on unproven startups.

SoftBank is looking for a way to back out of a $3 billion tender offer it planned to make for WeWork shares in October, sources say.

SoftBank Group's stock was last 10.58% higher on Wednesday morning after skyrocketing more than 12% earlier in the session.

SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to compete more effectively with local rival Rakuten and U.S. tech powerhouses.

SoftBank's Yahoo Japan, one of Japan's top internet firms, confirmed it is in talks to merge with Line, a $27 billion union that would bring the messaging app operator under the SoftBank umbrella in a major tech shake-up.

Chipmaker Intel has filed an antitrust lawsuit against a SoftBank Group-owned investment company alleging the firm stockpiled patents to hold up technology companies with numerous lawsuits.

Arm Holdings, the semiconductor technology firm owned by Softbank Group, still plans to return to the public markets by 2023, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

"When I look at the growth of U.S. and Chinese companies, I feel strongly it's not good enough," Son said in an interview.

SoftBank's massive tech fund is pulling in big profits.

Tech conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) will invest $40 billion in its forthcoming second Vision Fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son says he wants to re-list ARM Holdings Plc within five years, re-introducing stock markets to the British chipmaker his company bought for $32 billion in 2016.