Greater China
In a pop-up on the app, the company also said it would compensate users who had overpaid for rides.
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The closure of the lab is the latest internal change at Alibaba.
Analysts saw Alibaba’s focus on discounts this year as an attempt to fight back against rivals
India
The group generated negative operating cashflows of S$22m in FY23.
Singapore
The fundraising could value Carro, which has valuation of over $1b, even higher.
Alibaba lost $20b in market value on Friday after it scrapped plans to spin off its cloud and groceries businesses.
East Buy will become a pure-play private label product and live-streaming business operator.
GigaCloud had recently bought Noble House Home Furnishings for about $85m.
The latest infusion has pushed the startup’s valuation to $352m.
Indonesia
This edition also analyses Indonesia’s new P2P lending rules and TikTok’s possible return to e-commerce.