Think of Manbang as China’s Uber for trucks. On Tuesday, China’s truck hailing service platform Manbang stated, investors, including Alphabet Inc’s venture capital fund CapitalG and Japan’s Softbank Group have funneled in $1.9 billion in its new funding round. Formally known as the Full Truck Alliance Group, Manbang stated the funding round was led SoftBank’s…
The Chinese ride-hailing firm is expecting to mop $70-$80 billion through its IPO. On Tuesday, a report by the Wall Street Journal stated citing sources familiar with the matter at hand, Didi Chuxing, a Chinese ride-hailing firm is in talks for holding its multi-billion-dollar initial public offering (IPO) sometime this year. Didi Chuxing is expecting…
With a funding round, led by SoftBank group, seeing WeWork’s valuation touch $17 billion, the tech startup was 2017’s hottest startups. As per three sources familiar with the matter at hand, WeWork Co, an American firm that provides shared technology startup subculture communities, workspaces, and services for large enterprises, freelancers, entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses,…
Although tech companies are on the same page as the Trump Administration on it’s findings on the Section 301 investigation, it is of the view that the current strategy is not sustainable and results could be better achieved through an international coalition that challenges China at the World Trade Organization. On Monday, a trade group…
The strategic move could help ease antitrust concerns for Chinese regulators. In a strategic move, NXP Semiconductors NV, a U.S. chipmaker who was the target of a $44 billion takeover bid by Qualcomm Inc, sold its stake in a Chinese chip design joint venture firm. As per a stock exchange filing, NXP sold its 40%…
The potential sale could, to a large extent promote peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region while helping Lockheed Mart meet its 2018 sales target. In efforts aimed an ensuring that Taiwan “remain[s] a democracy” in the face of a Chinese aggression, two senior U.S. Republican senators have asked the Trump administration to allow…
Although this is Uber’s second such retreat from Southeast Asia, the deal suggests that Uber is taking a defensive positioning for a potential counter-offensive especially with its CEO Khosrowshahi gaining a foothold in Grab’s board. On Monday, in a move that marks Uber Technologies Inc’s second retreat from the Asian, the ride services firm has…
Naspers said the sale was for strengthening its balance sheet and to boost growth in its e-commerce business. On Friday, Naspers, a South Africa-based multinational internet and media group, stated it has raised $9.8 billion by selling 2% of its holdings in China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. A move, it described as being aimed at strengthening…
Although the U.S. action could result in a tit-for-tat trade war, its biggest impact would be the breakdown of supply chain of multinational giants, including Apple Inc and General Motors Co. The presidential memorandum signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which targets up to $60 billion in Chinese goods, is the start of a long…
While its revenues have jumped by 55% to $2.7 billion (17.38 billion yuan), iQiyi reported a net loss of 3.74 billion yuan. iQiyi Inc, a unit of Chinese search engine firm Baidu Inc, has launched its initial public offering in New York, worth up to $2.4 billion, as it seeks to expand its range of…
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