Softbank CEO has hard choices to make on Sprint after failure of merger talks

Tokyo

MASAYOSHI Son, celebrated Japanese dealmaker, just negotiated himself into a corner.

Mr Son's SoftBank Group Corp ended talks on Saturday to combine its Sprint Corp with T-Mobile US Inc, a merger that would have united the third- and fourth-largest wireless operators in the US. In the end, the 60-year-old billionaire balked at the idea of giving up control over the company he sees as central to his vision of the future.