SoftBank CEO decries journalist\u2019s death, defends Saudi fund on WTOP| TOKYO (AP) \u2014 SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has denounced the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but defended the Japanese technology giant\u2019s investment fund, which includes Saudi money, as work that\u2026<\/b>
\nTOKYO (AP) \u2014 SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has denounced the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but defended the Japanese technology giant\u2019s investment fund, which includes Saudi money, as work that needs to be finished.
Speaking Monday at an earnings news conference, Son called the death an attack on \u201ca precious life but also on journalism and the freedom of speech.\u201d
About half of Son\u2019s $100 billion investment fund, established in 2016, comes from Saudi Arabia. He is partnering with the kingdom\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Turkey on Oct. 2.
SoftBank reported its fiscal quarterly profit rose nearly five-fold to 542.6 billion yen ($4.8 billion) in July-September, helped by better results from U. S. wireless Sprint and British IoT company ARM.
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