Toys R Us woes; Google, steel deal, Ryanair and Alphabet City in the news

Move comes amid fears of miscalculation and concerns of accidental strike

Group’s Hong Kong flotation is world’s first ‘insurtech’ public offering

While car-booking companies battle for supremacy, investors hedge their bets

Tencent and Alibaba are seen as crucial to economic reform but face closer scrutiny

Investment in Taiwanese maker brings smartphone talent on board to take on iPhone

Carmaker says pollution and dwindling oil will force China to go all electric by 2030

Chinese investment bank’s investors bet that tie-up will boost its retail franchise

Heightened competition and lack of dynamism sealed fate of handset maker

Alibaba-backed group looks to US expansion after raising $450m in NY listing

US group to receive licence for intellectual property and 2,000 employees

Hong Kong-based group set to become largest life assurer in Australia and New Zealand

WeChat owner moves into wealth management where it will face off with Alibaba

Metals tycoon plans £1.5bn swoop to lift stake to 20 per cent

Antony Jenkins’ group gains Ping An backing for tech that allows faster customer data retrieval

Overseas dealmakers are starting to win over Japanese companies

ThyssenKrupp and Tata deal may not address region’s capacity issues