Sydney / AFP Australia’s richest woman and a Chinese property developer joined forces Sunday to bid for one of the world’s largest cattle estates, despite Canberra’s rejection of previous foreign offers. Australia’s biggest private landowner, cattle firm S. Kidman and Co, has attracted keen interest from Chinese firms wanting to secure the sprawling pastoral empire. But the government has …

  Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s financial affiliate appointed a new chief executive officer as it prepares for a highly anticipated 2017 initial public offering. Zhejiang Ant Small & Micro Financial Services Group Co. named finance veteran and President Eric Jing to take the helm from Lucy Peng, who retains her role as executive chair, according to an e-mailed statement …

  Bloomberg Three of China’s largest cities plan to limit the pool of drivers for online ride-sharing services, dealing a blow to Didi Chuxing, the firm that agreed to acquire the Chinese business of Uber Technologies Inc. Draft rules issued by Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen said that only holders of local residency permits — called hukou — would be able …