CommerceHub, which connects retailers and brands with suppliers, agrees to acquire and take private e-commerce software provider ChannelAdvisor in a ~$660M deal (Colin Kellaher/MarketWatch)

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch:
Box reports Q3 revenue of $250M, up 12% YoY, and billings of $258.2M, up 12% YoY, and forecasts Q4 revenue between $255M and $257M, vs. $259.3M est.  —  Software company reports sales just $100,000 shy of $250 million and expects to top the mark in fourth quarter, but neither hits analysts’ average forecasts …

Emily Bary / MarketWatch:
Match Group reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to $810M, vs. $793M est., paying users up 2% YoY to 16.5M, and plans investments in Hinge and The League; stock up 13%+  —  Company plans to focus on ‘targeted, high-returning investments’ in Hinge and The League next year while monitoring headcount and marketing expenses

Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch:
Elon Musk says buying Twitter “is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app”; Musk previously teased launching X.com as a social media site  —  Entrepreneur’s first big hit was with X.com, an online bank that was acquired by PayPal; he re-acquired the rights to the website …

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch:
Alphabet reports Q3 advertising sales of $54.5B, up from $53.1B YoY, missing estimates of $56.6B, and Google Search revenue of $39.5B, up from $37.9B YoY  —  Total Google ad sales miss expectations by more than $2 billion as Alphabet revenue grows at its slowest pace in more than two years

Chris Matthews / MarketWatch:
Lina Khan says she’s “extremely disturbed” by, and looking closely at, Mudge’s claim that Twitter misled the FTC about its compliance with a 2011 consent decree  —  FTC is ‘looking at this closely,’ Khan said  —  Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan said Tuesday she was …

Emily Bary / MarketWatch:
DocuSign reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $645.5M, vs. $627M est., and billings up 17% YoY to $659.4M, vs. $588.6M est.; stock is up ~10% after hours  —  Company easily tops expectations on billings and other key metrics  —  Shares of DocuSign were flying higher in aftermarket action Thursday …