Chinese Startups Embrace Mergers

The $2.5 billion merger of two Chinese online shopping companies is the latest sign startups are changing their strategies, as the world’s second-largest economy stumbles with slowing growth and stock market routs.
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Why China's Market Illness Has Gotten More Contagious

The global stock rout set off by China last week heralds a new era of increased world-wide influence for the country’s isolated stock market, as investors worry about management of the nation’s huge economy.
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Amazon to Release Portable Version of Echo Speaker

In the coming weeks, Amazon expects to release a smaller, portable version of its voice-activated tabletop Echo speaker, building off the device’s surprise success.
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Oil Flirts With $30 a Barrel

Crude-oil prices fell as traders built up short positions amid crumbling confidence in the Chinese economy and a growing global glut.
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