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Tencent-backed EV maker seeks valuation above $8 billion in IPO

Bloomberg NIO Inc., the Chinese electric-car maker backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., is planning a US initial public offering that would give it a valuation topping $8 billion as it gears up to take on the likes of Tesla Inc. The company is aiming to raise as much as $1.3 billion, offering 160 million American depositary shares at $6.25 to ...

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Bali to await elite as volcano rumbles

Bloomberg Jerome Powell’s upcoming Asia visit will test the Federal Reserve chief’s appetite for risk on a far different scale to the US economy. As Indonesia prepares to host the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group annual meeting on the island of Bali in October, authorities are planning for all sorts of potential natural disasters from earthquakes to tsunamis, ...

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China’s Didi vows changes after passenger killings

Bloomberg China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing issued a public letter of apology and said it would prioritise safety over growth after a second passenger in three months was allegedly murdered by a driver while using its services. “Today, Didi will stop using scale and growth as our measurement of success,” the company said in a statement from Chairman Cheng Wei ...

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