日本软银收购斯普林特

    分析师早就表示，美国第三大移动服务运营商斯普林特（Sprint）应该与一个竞争对手合并，提升市场份额。而今年10月，斯普林特70%的份额却被日本的科技公司软银（Softbank）买走。日本软银自身负债累累，而且之前毫无在美国提供手机服务的经验。

    而且软银抛出的价码只高不低。200亿美元（含27%的溢价）的价格算得上是日本有史以来最大的海外兼并。不过收购斯普林特的消息一传出，日本软银的股价立即应声下跌了20%。

Softbank-Sprint

    Analysts have long said that Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service carrier, needed to merge with a rival to boost market share. Instead, 70% of it was bought in October by Japanese technology company Softbank, which has a lot of debt and no experience providing cell phone service in the U.S.

    And it's unlikely Softbank underpaid. At $20 billion (a 27% premium to Sprint's value), the deal ranks as the biggest Japanese overseas acquisitions in history. Softbank's shares fell 20% on news of the deal.