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Grab aims to build super-app like WeChat to rival Go-Jek

Bloomberg Grab is opening its app to external developers and fellow startups, as the company that bought out Uber Technologies Inc. in Southeast Asia tries to build a WeChat-like super-app that encompasses everything from maps and payments to food delivery. The move underscores the Singapore-based company’s newfound ambition to become an “everyday super-app” that helps millions of users carry out ...

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Xiaomi gains $6bn in rebound from weak Hong Kong debut

Bloomberg Xiaomi Corp. surged 14 percent a day after its disappointing debut, as investors began to pile into the world’s third-largest listed smartphone maker. The Chinese company surged to a high of HK$19.14 in early afternoon trading, well above its HK$17 initial public offering price, with roughly 347 million shares changing hands. While the stock fell 1.2 percent on debut ...

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Tesla plans China plant with 500,000 vehicle capacity

Bloomberg Tesla Inc. has reached a preliminary agreement with the Shanghai government to build a factory that’ll rival production from its lone US assembly plant, as Elon Musk takes his biggest step yet to expand overseas. The electric-car maker’s planned capacity for the factory is 500,000 vehicles a year, the Shanghai government said in statement. Bloomberg reported earlier that Musk, ...

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