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Alphabet Inc.’s Google is scouting for suppliers in India to assemble its Pixel smartphones as it borrows from Apple Inc.’s playbook to diversify beyond China.

Delta Electronics (Thailand) Pcl, an electronic-parts maker that shot up this year to become the country’s most valuable stock, slumped as the bourse imposed trading curbs to quell unexplained gains in its shares. Analysts also queried the surge in its valuation.

Elon Musk and Twitter Inc.’s new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino won’t be at the advertising industry’s biggest annual event this week, even as the social networking company works to win back spending on the platform.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken got a muted reception when he arrived in Beijing: a lone Foreign Ministry official there to meet him and no red carpet, just red lines on the runway that social media users joked were a symbol of China’s unwillingness to compromise on issues like Taiwan.

China and Cuba are discussing building a joint military training facility, according to the Wall Street Journal, a report that comes after the White House earlier said Beijing has a spy base on the island about 145 km (90 miles) from the US.

UK venture capital firm Illuminate Financial raised $235 million for its third fund from investors including Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and Euroclear.

Corporate Japan is bracing for a record number of shareholder proposals at their annual general meetings later this month as investors demand more returns and better governance.

Billionaire Infosys Ltd. co-founder Nandan Nilekani will donate $38.5 million to his alma mater Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, making one of the largest such gifts by an alumnus of an educational institution in the country.

Grab Holdings Ltd. is preparing its biggest round of layoffs since the pandemic, as the internet company faces stiffening competition in ride-hailing and meal delivery across Southeast Asia.