Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to invest about $100 million in Best Inc.’s initial public offering, after the Chinese logistics provider cut the size of the deal nearly in half, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Best is seeking as much as $495 million from the IPO after it reduced the price range and existing investors decided …

Bloomberg Tata Sons Ltd. is buying as much as $312 million of Tata Motors Ltd. shares, as India’s biggest conglomerate seeks greater control of the Jaguar Land Rover owner, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Tata Sons is the undisclosed purchaser seeking to buy stock equivalent to 1.7 percent of the company in a deal launched, said the …

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg Caroline Atkinson, an experienced diplomat Google hired last year to steer its global policy efforts, is stepping aside from that management role. Google confirmed her move but said it was an administrative change designed to place oversight of the policy role at its Mountain View, California, headquarters, and Washington-based Atkinson will stay on as chief policy adviser. Leslie Miller, …