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Uber Seeks Up to $1 Billion Funding for Chinese Carveout

Uber Technologies Inc., the car-booking company, is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion in funding for its Chinese business, people familiar with the matter said. Uber China has been discussing a valuation of about $7 billion to $8 billion with potential backers, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are confidential. Baidu Inc., the Beijing-based Internet firm that’s already an investor in Uber’s global

Uber Seeks Up to $1 Billion Funding for Chinese Carveout

Uber Technologies Inc., the car-booking company, is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion in funding for its Chinese business, people familiar with the matter said. Uber China has been discussing a valuation of about $7 billion to $8 billion with potential backers, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are confidential. Baidu Inc., the Beijing-based Internet firm that’s already an investor in Uber’s global

China bans stock sales by major shareholders for six months

China’s securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation’s $3.5 trillion stock-market rout. Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must maintain their positions, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a statement. While China has already ordered government-owned institutions to maintain or boost their stock holdings, the CSRC’s directive expands the ban on

United Airlines' U.S. takeoffs halted on ‘automation issues'

United Airlines is resuming flights after a computer fault halted all U.S. departures for about two hours, disrupting travel for thousands of passengers in the second such setback since early June. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration disclosed the end of the grounding in a statement Wednesday after saying “automation issues” had forced a temporary suspension of U.S. takeoffs.

China bans stock sales by major shareholders for six months

China’s securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation’s $3.5 trillion stock-market rout. Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must maintain their positions, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a statement. While China has already ordered government-owned institutions to maintain or boost their stock holdings, the CSRC’s directive expands the ban on