Exclusive: China's JD.com in talks to buy stake worth $1.5 billion in brokerage - sources
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jd-com-m-a-sinolink-sec-exclusive/exclusive-chinas-jd-com-in-talks-to-buy-stake-worth-1-5-billion-in-brokerage-sources-idUSKBN2B40GV
(This March 12 story corrects paragraph four to say JD.com is China's biggest e-commerce company by revenue, not 2nd-biggest)