UK unicorns grow rarer still as China snaps up Skyscanner

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UK unicorns grow rarer still as China snaps up Skyscanner

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Chinese travel firm Ctrip has bought Edinburgh-based Skyscanner for £1.4bn, adding to the growing list of UK tech companies being sold to foreign investors.

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