Investing

SoftBank Group, an investment group headquartered in Japan, plans to raise a record 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) from individual investors in Japan, which would be the largest retail corporate bond issuance ever by a Japanese company.

Stripe and private investment firm Advent are in talks to acquire PayPal in a deal that could value the digital payments company at about $53 billion, after PayPal rejected an offer of $60.50 a share in July.

Meta Platforms and BlackRock plan to build a 1 gigawatt data center complex in El Paso, Texas, with a total investment of approximately $14 billion to support artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

VinFast opens 20 official electric motorbike dealerships across Indonesia, with opening ceremonies scheduled to take place from July 19 to 25 in Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Medan, Palembang and Makassar.

LG said it will invest 9.4 trillion won ($6.15 billion) in South Korea’s Yeongnam region through 2030 to strengthen artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing infrastructure.