Intel secures a $2 billion investment
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🗓️ 19 August 2025
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From the BBC World Service: Japan’s SoftBank has invested $2 billion in U.S. chipmaker Intel, which has been losing ground lately in the booming AI market. It also comes as the U.S. government weighs whether to take a direct stake in the company. And, as historic White House talks spark hopes of a Putin–Zelensky summit, the war in Ukraine grinds on, with Russia turning to North Korea to plug major labor gaps.
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| 0:00.0 | And Japanese tech titan is betting big on a struggling American icon. Good morning. This is the Marketplace |
| 0:07.7 | Morning Report and we're live from the BBC World Service. I'm Leanna Byrne. So Intel just got a two billion |
| 0:13.8 | dollar lifeline from Japan's soft bank, making it one of Intel's biggest shareholders. The US chipmaker |
| 0:20.5 | has been losing ground lately in the booming AI market, |
| 0:23.7 | but this investment is being billed as a vote of confidence in its turnaround. |
| 0:28.1 | It also comes as Washington Ways, whether the US government itself should buy a stake in Intel. |
| 0:33.4 | The BBC's Katie Silver has the story. |
| 0:35.9 | Under this deal that's been announced this morning, SoftBank says it's going to pay $23 per share in Intel, becoming Intel's sixth largest shareholder. |
| 0:45.3 | In the statement, it was a joint statement released. |
| 0:47.9 | They said that both sides want to invest in advanced technology and semiconductor innovation in the United States. |
| 0:53.2 | Sources say that SoftBank's not going to be seeking a board seat or committing to |
| 0:57.4 | buying Intel chips. |
| 0:59.1 | Now, as I say, Intel shares rising on this, about 5% in after-hours trading in New York |
| 1:04.5 | on Monday. |
| 1:05.6 | SoftBank shares, on the other hand, dropped by about the same amount. |
| 1:09.1 | And one analyst told the BBC that this is really a clear |
| 1:11.9 | vote of confidence by SoftBanks investment in a chipmaker that has been struggling for decades |
| 1:17.4 | after having kind of lost its foothole, particularly when it comes to AI chips and also when |
| 1:22.7 | it definitely when you compare it to its Asian rivals. Katie Silver reporting. Now, let's do the numbers. |
| 1:29.8 | India has suspended its 11% import duty on cotton until the end of September, moved to help |
| 1:36.0 | its garment industry compete as US tariffs and Indian clothing sort of 50%. And the British |
| 1:41.5 | Members Club's Soho House is going private in a $2.7 billion deal led by MCOR hotels. |
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