Bloomberg Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd., the startup behind hit Chinese news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, is seeking to raise as much as $3 billion in a funding round that is mostly targeting US investors, a person familiar with the matter said. The fast-growing company held meetings with potential investors for a financing that could value Bytedance at as much as ...

Bloomberg Dada-JD Daojia has raised $500 million from existing backers JD.com Inc.and Walmart Inc. to quicken the growth of its delivery network across China. The logistics company said it intends to use the funds to invest in supply chain technology and serve merchants on its platform, which connects scooter-riding drivers in about 400 cities with about 1.2 million online merchants ...

Bloomberg More than 54,000 people were moved to safer ground in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces, while calls for help swamped social media as monsoon rain triggered floods reminiscent of Typhoon Ketsana, which killed hundreds of people in Metro Manila in 2009. Marikina City implemented forced evacuations affecting at least 21,000 people after its river, the catch basin of ...