SoftBank shares jump 20% on record buyback announcement
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TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp stock jumped 20% on Tuesday, extending a run that began a day earlier when the Japanese tech investor announced up to $41 billion (35 billion pounds) in asset sales and a record share buyback to shore up its collapsing share price.SoftBank shares ended Monday up 19%, hitting their daily limit, after the conglomerate said in the early afternoon it would buy back up to 2 trillion yen (15.48 billion pounds) worth of shares in addition to an up to 500..