Friday Flashback: How Softbank's Founder Turned $5.5 billion to $15.5 billion Within a DayKnow what happened in the APAC region over the past week

ByKomal Nathani•Feb 8, 2019

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Here's a new series on the big developments that took place in the APAC region over the past one week.

After expanding in Indonesia and the Philippines, Indian hospitality chain OYO now enters in the US. The budget hotel chain is now opening an office in Dallas and testing a property in Austin, Texas.
Japanese messaging app LINE has invested JPY 20 billion (about $182 million) to bolster its digital payments operations in the country.
The value of Masayoshi Son's stock in SoftBank rose by about US$4 billion on Thursday when he added about 1.65 trillion yen (S$20.4 billion) to the market value of his company.

Komal Nathani

Former Correspondent, Entrepreneur Asia Pacific

A firm believer of hard work and patience. Love to cover stories that hold a potential to change the momentum of business world. Currently, a part of all-women web team of Entrepreneur’s Asia Pacific edition to jig the wheel of business journalism!

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