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滴滴收購Uber中國Didi Chuxing to Acquire Uber China

互聯網專車平臺滴滴出行宣布，與Uber全球達成戰略協議，滴滴出行將收購優步中國的品牌、業務、數據等全部資產在中國大陸運營。雙方達成戰略協議后, 滴滴出行和Uber全球將相互持股。Uber全球將持有滴滴5.89%的股權，相當于17.7%的經濟權益，優步中國的其余中國股東將獲得合計2.3%的經濟權益。同時，滴滴出行創始人兼董事長程維將加入Uber全球董事會。Uber創始人特拉維斯·卡蘭尼克（Travis Kalanick）也將加入滴滴出行董事會。根據彭博社的報道，滴滴投資10億美元，占Uber估值680億美元的1.47%。Uber中國和滴滴合并后的新公司，估值將達到350億美元。

Didi Chuxing announced that it will acquire Uber. Didi will acquire Uber’s Mainland Chinese assets in the strategic agreement. Uber and Didi Chuxing will become minority interest shareholders in each other’s companies. Uber will hold 5.89% of Didi’s stocks which amounts to a 17.7% financial stake in the company. Uber’s Chinese investors will receive 2.3% interest of their investment. Didi Chuxing founder and CEO Wei Cheng will join Uber’s international board. Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick will join Didi’s board. Bloomberg reported that Didi will invest $1 billion in Uber’s global company. This is 1.47% of Uber’s $68 billion valuation. Uber China will be valued at $35 billion after the merge.

宜家中國開啟網購時代Shanghai Consumers Can Shop Online for Ikea Furniture Starting End of August

宜家中國于8月底推出電子商務業務，但目前這項業務只在上海地區試運行。屆時消費者可以登錄宜家官網，從右上角購物車入口進入選購網站。線上線下產品在品類和價格上將保持一致。此前，宜家已經在十余個海外國家開展了電商業務。

Ikea China announced that online shopping for their products start at the end of August, though this service will temporarily only be available in Shanghai. Customers can log on to the Ikea China website after the end of August and navigate to the online shopping page by clicking on the shopping cart logo on the right upper corner. Product catalog and prices will be synced in-store and online. Ikea has already made its products available online in over ten countries across the world.

動車上吸煙被罰兩次 不能再購買動車票Passenger Who Violate No-Smoking Rules Twice Can Be Refused Service for Riding Bullet Trains

8月15日起，在動車上吸煙被公安機關依法處罰的旅客，鐵路票務部門將暫停為其提供動車組售票服務。中國鐵路總公司運輸局要求，全路客票系統(含售票窗口、12306網站及手機客戶端、自動售票機)對在動車組列車上吸煙被公安機關依法處罰的乘客，可暫停發售全國各次動車組車票。（來源： http://www.echinacities.com/）

Starting on August 15, the high-speed/bullet train passengers that were penalized by police for smoking aboard the train would be refused sale of tickets for the same class train temporarily.China Railway Corporation requires that all ticket sales platforms (ticket booths, 12306 online and mobile ticketing website and automatic ticketing machines) temporarily suspend selling high-speed/bullet train tickets to passengers who were found to have violated the no-smoking rule aboard trains.(Source:http://www.echinacities.com/ )