UPDATE 2-SoftBank share buybacks near $3 bln despite May slowdown <!-- no image --> <div>SoftBank's share buybacks slowed in May, a company filing showed on Friday, although total purchases to support its share price since March reached 312 billion yen ($2.9 billion).<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=msMImVYr6Xg:Dzn2D9zYAIY: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=msMImVYr6Xg:Dzn2D9zYAIY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=msMImVYr6Xg:Dzn2D9zYAIY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=msMImVYr6Xg:Dzn2D9zYAIY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=msMImVYr6Xg:Dzn2D9zYAIY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/msMImVYr6Xg" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters