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The curious case of Jack Ma's India plans

Mr Ma, who has now stepped down as the executive chairman of Alibaba, told Mr Modi, 'We are excited about India. We are excited about Make in India and Digital India'

Alibaba, Jack Ma summoned by Gurugram court on former employee's complaint

The judge seeks written responses from the company and its executives within 30 days

Jack Ma's Ant seeks $200 billion value in landmark dual IPO: Report

Ant is planning to list on Shanghai's STAR market & Hong Kong

Reliance emerging as bigger threat for US giants like Amazon, Walmart, Zoom

Stake sales in Reliance's digital unit Jio Platforms attracted not just private equity and sovereign wealth funds but also Google and Facebook

Google is in advanced talks to invest $4 billion in Jio Platforms

Global tech leaders from Facebook to Intel are looking for multiple ways to grab a slice of the action in the South Asian country, where millions of first-time internet users are added every month.

SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son and Alibaba's Jack Ma part ways

"It's not like we had a fight," Son said during the virtual shareholder meeting. "This was perfectly amicable."

Masayoshi Son defends investment choices, says SoftBank is not 'SoftPunku'

Sprint, which Son loaded up with debt and made repeated attempts to merge with T-Mobile before successfully closing the deal in April, has delivered an internal rate of return of 25%, Son said

TikTok, Helo, SHAREit losing mojo in India after border clash with China

The bloody clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh last week has sparked a popular demand for the shunning of Chinese products, ranging from apps to mobile phones.

Blocking Chinese funding will adversely impact Indian start-ups: GlobalData

GlobalData said Chinese investors have been making their presence felt in a big way in the Indian start-up ecosystem over the last few years.

Brand values made in India

Whether it is air-conditioners, home appliances, entertainment electronics, and even fast-moving consumer goods, the dominant competitors remain foreign

Is India's richest man Mukesh Ambani betting on US-China tech war?

US-traded Chinese technology firms such as JD.com and NetEase are looking for an alternative home closer to the mainland in case tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate

His son's father: How Mukesh Ambani has re-invented Reliance yet again

The govt matters less in brand and tech businesses, where consumer preferences and the building of a franchise are autonomous of policy, though policy does help in some ways, writes T N Ninan

SoftBank Vision Fund posts $17.7 billion loss on WeWork, Uber Technologies

Takes hit after writing down the value of investments in WeWork, Uber and others; plans to double buybacks

Alibaba's Jack Ma resigns; SoftBank proposes three new board members

The departure of Ma, who retired as Alibaba's executive chairman in September, comes as he pulls back from formal business roles to focus on philanthropy

The Reliance game plan

The Facebook investment is a high-stakes gambit with dual possibilities

India blocks automatic FDI route for neighbours to curb hostile takeovers

Until now, Chinese investments were automatically allowed, similar to those from other nations, in all but 16 sectors, such as telecom, defence, and national security.

Alibaba plans to buy at least 10% stake in Chinese courier Yunda: Report

Under Chinese regulations, a stake of over 5% in a domestically listed company can be sold at a discount of as much as 10% to the firm's share price on the last trading day prior to a deal

Jack Ma's Alibaba foundation donates medical, testing kits to India

Besides India, the medical supplies will be donated to Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam

Draconian? Alibaba's Lazada demands staff to follow Covid-19 rules strictly

The conflict illustrates how Alibaba's business practices have sometimes played poorly abroad

Alibaba's Jack Ma joins Twitter with first tweet on mask donation to US

Ma had previously announced on his Weibo account that he would donate 100 million yuan ($14.5 million) through his foundation to support medical research efforts