SoftBank Slams Bid To Unseat Nikesh Arora, Founder's Heir Apparent

Japanese mobile giant SoftBank on Thursday hit back at a bid by a group of investors to unseat the former Google executive seen as heir apparent to its billionaire founder Masayoshi Son. The company slammed the "unsubstantiated allegations" levelled at its president Nikesh Arora, whom the investors said should be investigated and possibly sacked over potential conflicts of interest tied to his role as an adviser to a private equity ...