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Softbank’s baseball team in Japan replaced fans with robots in the stands as the season starts without crowds 

Japan delayed its Nippon Professional Baseball season because of the coronavirus. After the state of emergency was lifted in the country, games began again on June 19. Without fans in the stadium, one team put Pepper robots in the stands instead.  Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. The coronavirus has put most public events, including s […]

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Wirecard, the disgraced German payments firm backed by Softbank, files for insolvency over €1.3B in loans coming due 

The house of cards has well and truly collapsed for Wirecard, the German payments company that has been accused of accounting fraud. Today it announced that its German operation Wirecard AG was applying for insolvency proceedings in a Munich court, the Amtsgericht München, due to “impending insolvency and over-indebtedness.” It also issued a separate stateme […]

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