SoftBank reportedly seeking Uber stake valued at billions

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SoftBank has approached Uber about taking a multi-billion dollar stake, the WSJ reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

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Platform Banking: The way to the future for Islamic Banking

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This week, the discussion continues about elites and political settlement. I have learned that politics cannot separate itself from being associated with political actor and its behavior. Political actor often refers to the elites and it works to attain political settlement, which determine key driver that mediate politics of a state. Menocal (2015,p.7) describes political …

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