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Pinduoduo plans to raise $1 billion in Alibaba challenge

Bloomberg China’s upstart e-commerce company Pinduoduo Inc. (PDD) and its shareholders filed to sell more than 50 million shares in a secondary offering that could raise about $1.5 billion after the company’s public debut last year. The Shanghai-based company plans to sell 37 million American depository shares, while investors market 14.8 million, according to a securities filing. Its shares closed ...

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Indonesia’s economic growth beats forecasts to reach 5.18%

Bloomberg Indonesia’s economy grew faster than economists expected last quarter, showing resilience in the face of a series of interest-rate hikes and weaker global demand. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 5.18 percent in the fourth quarter from a year ago, compared with the 5.1 percent median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists. That took expansion for the whole year ...

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China back buying more US soy

Bloomberg China’s back buying more US soybeans just days after the last round of purchases by the world’s top importer. State-run buyer Cofco Corp. bought almost 1 million metric tons of the oilseed, while Sinograin purchased more than a million tons, the two companies said in separate statements. That follows an announcement that they had purchased 2 million tons from ...

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