Bloomberg Ola scored $2 billion in new funding from a group of investors including SoftBank Group Corp. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., a person familiar with the matter said, helping bankroll Uber Technologies Inc.’s fiercest rival in India. Other backers in the ride-hailing startup’s latest financing round included a venture capital fund jointly run by Indian industrialist Ratan Tata and the …

Bloomberg Mobike and Ofo investors are in early talks to push China’s two largest bike-sharing startups into a merger, aimed at ending a costly competitive battle and creating a single dominant player in the fast-growing business, according to people familiar with the matter. Investors in both companies have been holding talks to sort through issues such as how to split …

Bloomberg While connoisseurs in developed nations jaded by chocolate’s ubiquity seek out bars that are unique in provenance, aroma and texture, aspiring consumers in large swaths of Asia are still developing their taste for the treat. In China, for example, “chocolate is not fully part of the diet and preference,” according to Niels Boetje, the managing director for the Asia …