How Shein, which filed for a US IPO in November 2023, became stuck in US-China tensions; Shein, founded in 2012 in China, has never sold products in the country (Shen Lu/Wall Street Journal)

Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal:
How Shein, which filed for a US IPO in November 2023, became stuck in US-China tensions; Shein, founded in 2012 in China, has never sold products in the country  —  The fast-fashion giant aimed to bridge the divide between Beijing and Washington, but hopes for a splashy U.S. public offering have faded

Analysis: Temu and Pinduoduo parent PDD, whose shares are up 109% over the past year, has a ~$208B market cap, compared with Alibaba’s $196B and JD.com’s $48B (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

Sheila Chiang / CNBC:
Analysis: Temu and Pinduoduo parent PDD, whose shares are up 109% over the past year, has a ~$208B market cap, compared with Alibaba’s $196B and JD.com’s $48B  —  PDD’s value-for-money positioning and growth of its Temu marketplace has helped the tech giant lead China’s e-commerce arena …

Malaysia plans to allocate at least ~$5.33B over the next 5-10 years under its new National Semiconductor Strategy, which aims to train 60,000 chip engineers (Norman Goh/Nikkei Asia)

Norman Goh / Nikkei Asia:
Malaysia plans to allocate at least ~$5.33B over the next 5-10 years under its new National Semiconductor Strategy, which aims to train 60,000 chip engineers  —  Government to allocate $5.3bn in new National Semiconductor Strategy  —  Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a semiconductor event in Kuala Lumpur on May 28.

Google plans to shut down Google Business Profile chat, which let customers reach out to businesses in Maps and Search via text chat, on July 31, 2024 (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google plans to shut down Google Business Profile chat, which let customers reach out to businesses in Maps and Search via text chat, on July 31, 2024  —  July 31, 2024 Google will shut down call history and chat – you can download your history now.  —  Chat with SearchBot

Samsung’s labor union said it will carry out its first ever strike after wage negotiations, which have been ongoing since the start of 2024, broke down (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung’s labor union said it will carry out its first ever strike after wage negotiations, which have been ongoing since the start of 2024, broke down  —  The National Samsung Electronics Union, the largest among the tech giant’s several unions, made the statement Wednesday after negotiations …

Lenovo plans to raise $2B by issuing convertible bonds to Alat, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s PIF, which would convert to ~12.1% of the company’s issued shares (P.R. Venkat/Wall Street Journal)

P.R. Venkat / Wall Street Journal:
Lenovo plans to raise $2B by issuing convertible bonds to Alat, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s PIF, which would convert to ~12.1% of the company’s issued shares  —  The zero-coupon bonds can be exchanged for Lenovo shares  —  Lenovo Group is raising US$2. billion by issuing convertible bonds …