SoftBank acquires a 20 percent stake in Uber

Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group has bought a 20 percent stake in Uber, completing a months-long process, according to the Wall Street Journal. The move drops Uber’s value by about 30 percent from around $70 billion to $48 billion — a reflection of the trouble that the ride-hailing company has experienced across 2017.More important than the valuation change, though, could be the impact SoftBank’s new stake will have on the influence former CEO Travis Kalanick still has on the