SoftBank Group said its net profit for the quarter through December soared to 1.17 trillion yen ($11 billion), from 55 billion yen a year earlier, thanks to investment gains at its Vision Fund. The $100 billion Vision Fund and its smaller successor Vision Fund 2 generated 1.39 trillion yen in investment gains in the quarter, as the share prices of Uber and other publicly listed tech companies...
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