China's JD.com targets $2b IPO - report
Chinese online retailer JD.com, which has received $1.7 billion in venture capital and private equity funding in the last two years, is said to be planning an IPO for the second half of 2014.
According to Bloomberg, the company - formerly known as 360Buy - is seeking to raise about $2 billion and has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS to work on the offering. A listing in the US is...
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