Alibaba opens its first data centres in the UK
The cloud-computing arm of Chinese retail giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. opened its first data centers in the U.K., with two sites operational in London.
The expansion is "driven by the rapidly growing customer demand," a spokesman for the...
Alibaba co-founder to step down as chairman
Alibaba is heralding the end of the Jack Ma era.
A former English teacher who helped found Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. two decades ago, Ma outlined plans to hand the executive chairman role to Daniel Zhang, a finance veteran who’s presided over an...
Alibaba to invest $1.38 billion in ZTO Express
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is leading the purchase of 10 percent of Chinese delivery service ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. for $1.38 billion, a deal that’ll augment the e-commerce giant’s ability to ship packages around the globe.
The Alibaba-led...
Alibaba gets its digital assistant into Chinese vehicles
Alibaba is getting its digital assistant into Mercedes-Benzes, Audis and Volvos in China.
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Alibaba to buy out Baidu in Chinese food delivery app
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has agreed to buy out Baidu Inc. and other investors in Chinese startup Ele.me.
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Alibaba signs licensing deals with NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures
Alibaba's video streaming service, Youku Tudou, has signed content licensing deals with NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television, marking a deeper foray into entertainment for the Chinese e-commerce giant.
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Alibaba Singles' Day sales reach $8.6 billion in first hour
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. kicked off its annual Singles’ Day shopping bonanza, logging $8.6 billion in sales within the first hour.
Alibaba and Tencent taking riskier bets
Alibaba and Tencent can count themselves among the world’s costliest technology companies after a stellar run. To justify those lofty valuations, China’s two largest corporations have to deliver on some of the riskiest bets they’ve placed in years.
Alibaba suspended by anti-counterfeiting group
The International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition has suspended Alibaba’s membership following complaints that the Chinese e-commerce store is “the world’s largest marketplace for fakes”.
Alibaba hits R100 billion in sales on Singles’ Day
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd reported more than $9 billion in sales on China’s Singles’ Day on Tuesday
Alibaba sells R22 billion worth of goods in one hour
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said about $2 billion worth of goods were sold on the e-commerce giant’s websites within the first hour and 12 seconds of its annual shopping festival
Alibaba stock market debut at a record $24.3 billion
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is planning a record 24.3-billion-dollar debut on the US stock market, according to a posting from the Securities Exchange Commission on Friday.
China approves pilot to open mobile telecoms market, boost competition
China has approved a pilot scheme allowing private companies to piggy back on the country’s three dominant telecommunications providers to offer own-brand mobile services, opening the world’s largest mobile phone market to...
Chinese website ordered to remove ads for iPad 2 cases
Protective cases for the second generation iPad are being sold on Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba -- even before Apple has launched the new device -- and suggest the next model will have a camera.