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    Uber Battles Ride-Sharing Startups in SoftBank ‘Family’

    Ride-hailing services with SoftBank as an investor want to dominate new markets, but SoftBank wants them to cooperate

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    SoftBank Group Corp., the world’s biggest technology investor, has poured some $20 billion into ride-sharing companies around the globe, including Uber Technologies Inc.

    Now, those companies are spending at least some of SoftBank’s money to battle each other.

    In Japan, Uber is gearing up to fight China’s Didi Chuxing Technology Co., which...