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TMS Ep404: Opec+ output cut, Alibaba, gas stocks, mixed reality headset

How will OPEC+ oil output cut affect you? What is happening at Alibaba? How will the unified pipeline tariff impact gas stocks? What is Apple's mixed reality headset? All answers here

Updated On: 05 Apr 2023 | 8:00 AM IST

China's Alibaba Group sells its entire remaining 3.4% stake in Paytm

At the end of December, Alibaba had 6.26 per cent stake in the firm and it had sold around 3 per cent of it in January

Updated On: 10 Feb 2023 | 2:50 PM IST

AI integration may soon fundamentally alter how we search on the internet

AI has found its way into a number of industries, from transportation to health. Now it is being integrated with search engines

Updated On: 09 Feb 2023 | 12:49 PM IST

SoftBank Group reports massive $5.9 bn net loss amid global tech meltdown

There is no respite for SoftBank Group in the ongoing global tech meltdown as the Japanese investment giant on Tuesday reported a massive around $5.9 billion net loss

Updated On: 07 Feb 2023 | 11:32 PM IST

Prez Xi warns China officials to avoid 'collusion' with big business

He also warned against "any infiltration of capital into politics that undermines the political ecosystem or the environment for economic development"

Updated On: 10 Jan 2023 | 8:59 AM IST

353 million shares of Zomato change hands on NSE; stock trades firm

According to media reports, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to sell a stake of about 3 per cent in Indian food delivery firm Zomato worth $200 million through a block deal

Updated On: 30 Nov 2022 | 10:11 AM IST

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma living in Tokyo after China's crackdown: Report

Chinese billionaire and e-commerce giant Alibaba founder Jack Ma who ran into trouble with the Chinese government over violating anti-monopoly regulations and kept a low profile since 2020 is now living in Tokyo for about six months, according to a media report on Tuesday. Ma's months-long stay in Japan with his family has included stints in hot springs and ski resorts in the countryside outside Tokyo and regular trips to the US and Israel, the Financial Times reported, quoting people with direct knowledge of his whereabouts. Ma, 58, has largely disappeared from public view since he criticised the Chinese regulators in 2020, accusing the state-run banks of having a pawnshop mentality and calling for bold new players that can extend credit to the collateral poor. Since then, both the companies he founded -- Ant and e-commerce group Alibaba -- have faced a series of regulatory obstacles. Chinese regulators called off Ant's blockbuster USD 37 billion initial public offering and fined

Updated On: 30 Nov 2022 | 9:40 AM IST

Covid surge in Beijing triggers panic buying, lockdown-like restrictions

The case increase, which has escalated from under 100 infections a day a fortnight ago, is leading to stepped-up controls in Beijing, a city of 22 million

Updated On: 25 Nov 2022 | 8:04 AM IST

Softbank to divest 29 mn shares in Paytm via block deals on Thursday

Floor price set at Rs 555, 8% discount to last close

Updated On: 16 Nov 2022 | 7:57 PM IST

Paytm faces another reckoning with lock-in period expiring this week

The biggest shareholders in One97 Communications Ltd., Paytm's parent company, are Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and its fintech affiliate Ant Group Co., as well as Japan's SoftBank Group Corp

Updated On: 15 Nov 2022 | 10:29 PM IST

US regulators to vet Alibaba, JD.com, other Chinese firms' audits: Report

The respective accounting firms of Alibaba, JD.com and Yum China - PwC, Deloitte and KPMG - have also been notified of the inspection

Updated On: 31 Aug 2022 | 2:46 PM IST

SoftBank raises $22 billion by selling Alibaba derivatives: Report

SoftBank Group shares rose 2.6% in Tokyo trading, while the benchmark Topix was flat

Updated On: 04 Aug 2022 | 10:02 PM IST

Alibaba revenue beats in June qtr despite flat growth due to Covid lockdown

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, on Thursday beat market expectations for revenue in the quarter ending late June, even though growth was flat for the first time ever due to the impact of COVID-19 lockdown.

Updated On: 04 Aug 2022 | 7:01 PM IST

Alibaba striving to maintain US listing amid SEC's delisting fears

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said on Monday that it wants to keep its shares listed in both New York and Hong Kong, days after US regulators included it in a list of companies that may be delisted

Updated On: 01 Aug 2022 | 6:10 PM IST

Billionaire Jack Ma plans to cede control of China's Ant Group: Report

Ant, an affiliate of Alibaba, has been subjected to a sweeping restructuring by China, whose initial public offering of $37 billion, was derailed by the country's regulators in late 2020

Updated On: 28 Jul 2022 | 11:32 PM IST

Alibaba's stock slips as big hopes on Ant IPO revival quickly fade

Shares of the e-commerce giant shot up as much as 7% earlier after a Bloomberg News report that China's financial regulators have established a team to assess the fintech giant's share sale plans.

Updated On: 09 Jun 2022 | 6:17 PM IST

Alibaba best-paying tech company in China despite internet crackdown

Despite China aiming to rein in domestic Internet giants, Alibaba is still the best-paying tech company in the country at an average monthly salary of $5,000, followed by ByteDance and Tencent Holdings that offer average monthly wages of $4,900 and $4,600, respectively.

Updated On: 01 Jun 2022 | 4:23 PM IST

Alibaba beats revenue estimates on demand for niche China shopping services

The company, however, said it would not issue a forecast for the new fiscal year, citing pandemic-related risks and uncertainties

Updated On: 26 May 2022 | 5:50 PM IST

Alibaba Group Holding ups buybacks to $25 billion; crackdown to ease

Move represents one of the largest shareholder-reward programmes

Updated On: 23 Mar 2022 | 12:30 AM IST

Alibaba Group raises buyback to $25 billion to boost slumping stock

Alibaba Group increased a share buyback to $25 billion from $15 billion to prop up a stock price that has fallen by more than half since Communist Party tightened control over tech industries

Updated On: 22 Mar 2022 | 10:56 AM IST