Bloomberg Didi Chuxing, the ride-hailing giant that vanquished Uber Technologies Inc. in China, is turning to franchising in Taiwan as it expands its business beyond the mainland. Didi plans to only operate as a taxi hailing platform in Taiwan and is seeking to work with existing drivers that it’s recruiting through its Facebook page. The recruitment is being done by …

Bloomberg Ride-hailing startup Ola is buying Foodpanda’s Indian operations and will invest $200 million in the business, taking its battle with Uber Technologies Inc. into meals-on-demand. ANI Technologies Pvt’s Ola will acquire Delivery Hero AG’s local Foodpanda business in return for Ola stock, it said in a statement. The move coincides with the aggressive expansion of UberEATS in the country, …

Bloomberg Tata Steel Ltd. plans to raise as much as $2 billion in a rights offer to help add capacity in India, where demand for the alloy is forecast to triple in over a decade. The money will be used to build and buy mills as well as to repay debt, the company said an exchange filing on Tuesday. The …