<div>Activist fund Elliott backs SoftBank's $4.8 billion buyback plan</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Activist investor Elliott Management said on Friday it supports SoftBank Group Corp's latest move to buy back up to $4.8 billion of its shares.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=XHUwlJtv-Xw:RPwat_LxyQE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=XHUwlJtv-Xw:RPwat_LxyQE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=XHUwlJtv-Xw:RPwat_LxyQE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=XHUwlJtv-Xw:RPwat_LxyQE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=XHUwlJtv-Xw:RPwat_LxyQE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/XHUwlJtv-Xw" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters