CHINA:

1. Baidu to acquire Joyy’s livestreaming service in $3.6b deal

2.Alibaba says Singles’ Day record sales show resilience in economy as firm seeks to turn future editions into ‘fun-filled’ event

3.Singles’ Day: annual shopping event helps raise performance of China’s cloud services sector

4.China’s JD.com posts 30% increase in Q3 revenue as online orders remain strong

5.Huawei Announces Honor Sale, Didi Aims For One Million Driverless Cars

6.Didi Chuxing & BYD (electric vehicle maker) roll out first purpose-built vehicle for ride-hailing

7.Shunwei Capital-backed China’s 17 Education eyes $100m US IPO

8.Zilliz raises $43 million as investors rush to China’s open-source software

 

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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:

1.Mednefits raises US$5.95M Series A to streamline employee health benefit claims in Singapore, Malaysia

2.Resellee raises US$1M in seed financing to help Filipinos start zero-capital online business

3.Google, Temasek are Tokopedia’s new investors, confirms William Tanuwidjaja

4.500 Startups invests in Indian healthtech firm Clinikk in pre-series A round

5.Magorium wins Singapore’s waste-tech startup competition WASTE 20/20

 

CROSS-BORDER:

1.Qualcomm gets US nod to sell 4G chips to Huawei in exception to ban

2.GIC, a Singaporean wealth fund & Melcombe Partners, European Logistics tie up to acquire European urban logistics assets

3.SG’s Vickers Venture leads $20m funding in US-based AI platform Chooch

4.US mobile gaming startup Lila Games raises $2.8m to establish its studio in India

 

OVERSEAS:

1.Apple hit with two privacy complaints in Europe over its mobile tracking tool for advertisers

8.Sports Tech Startups Find A Homebase In Indianapolis

9.From Oakland University, the Hot New Covid Wearable device can constantly track people

 

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