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China’s Tencent wants to follow Facebook advertising

Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s rise into a $500 billion company was fuelled by a culture of internal competition, where teams raced against each other to make ideas work. To become an advertising powerhouse like Facebook Inc., the internal barriers are starting to come down. The seven main business units of China’s largest company are working to synchronise data and study ...

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China Uber-for-trucks apps agree on merger

Bloomberg Huochebang and Yunmanman, China’s two biggest apps for Uber-like truck services, have agreed to merge, creating a company valued at more than $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Wang Gang, a backer of Yunmanman’s and an angel investor in ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, will become the chief executive officer of the new entity, the people said, asking ...

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China industrial profits held up in October amid price gains

Bloomberg Chinese industrial profits maintained their recent surge, underscoring resilience in the economy and strength in producer inflation. Industrial profits increased 25.1 percent in October from a year earlier, compared with a 27.7 percent pace a month earlier that was the highest in almost six years, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. Profits in the first 10 months ...

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