Supantha Mukherjee
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Alibaba joins $1b round of new mobile video service by ex-Disney’s Katzenberg
The platform, with a working title of "NewTV", will be led by Meg Whitman, former chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard.
China revokes approval for Facebook’s upcoming venture
A Chinese government database showed that Facebook had gained approval to open a subsidiary, but the registration has since disappeared.
Uber’s Khosrowshahi says relationship with former CEO Kalanick ‘fine but strained’
"While you don't want to blame individuals, in the end the CEO of the company has to take responsibility," Khosrowshahi said.
China’s Tencent buys 12% stake in Snapchat owner
Snap said Tencent bought its shares through open market purchases this month.
Broadcom bids $103b for Qualcomm, open to going hostile
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said he would not rule out a proxy fight to convince shareholders to replace the board and accept the offer.
India: Online home-rental firm NestAway in talks to raise over $40m
So far, NestAway has raised $40 million from Flipkart, Yuri Milner, Ratan Tata and IDG.
Microsoft agrees to buy LinkedIn for $26.2b
The offer of $196 per share represents a premium of 49.5 percent to LinkedIn's Friday closing price. "Today is a re-founding moment for LinkedIn," Rei
