News Digest: October 17-19, 2015

The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on October 17-19. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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• Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) Offers $4.6 Bln for Rest of Youku (NYSE: YOKU) Video Site (English article)
• Rare Store Sales Data Highlights Wal-Mart’s (NYSE: WMT) China Challenge (English article)
• Bright Food to Buy 50 Pct of New Zealand Meat Processor for $200 Mln (English article)
• Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) Cuts 800 Jobs in China, Workers Stage Protest (Chinese article)
• IBM (NYSE: IBM) Gives Beijing Access to Software Code (English article)
• Latest calendar for Q3 earnings reports (Earnings calendar)