NewYork-listed 58.comandasecondChineseonlinemarketplacehaveagreedtomerge, asconsolidationacc-eleratesinthelocaltechnologysector.
在中国科技行业加速整合的大背景下，在纽约上市的58同城和中国另一家在线市集已同意合并。
Amemorandumofunderstandingbetween 58.comandGanji.com, whichbothfunctionmuchlikeUSsiteCraigslist, wassignedinBeijingonMarch 14, peoplefamiliarwiththemattersaid. ThetwogroupsareexpectedtoannounceassoonastodaythattheyareplanningtocombinetocreatewhatwillbecomeoneofthelargestspecialisedonlineclassifiedcompaniesinChina’sboomingmobileinternetspace. Thecombinedgroupcouldbevaluedatasmuchas $10bn, onepersoninvolvedinthetransactionsaid.
知情人士表示，3月14日，58同城(58.com)和赶集网(Ganji.com)在北京签署了一份谅解备忘录，两家网站的功能很像美国的分类广告网站Craigslist。预计这两家公司将最早于今日宣布，双方正计划合并，以在中国蓬勃发展的移动互联网市场缔造最大专业在线分类广告公司之一。据参与交易的一位人士称，合并后公司的估值最高可能达到100亿美元。
Becauseofantitrustconcernsthetransactionwillprobablyinvolvetwostages. Currently 58.com, whichdeclinedtocomment, isabouttwiceasbigasGanji.com, butbothcompaniesprovidearangeofonlineadvertisinglistingsincludingjobadverts, housingandsecond-handgoods. Lastyear, internetgroupTencentboughta 20 percentstakein 58.com, andtheonlinemarketplaceannouncedlastmonthithadacquiredShanghai-basedproperty-listingplatformAnjukeIncforabout $267mincashandshares.