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'Gold standard' for succession: Jack Ma is retiring as Alibaba thrives

Ma plans to put his vast fortune - among China's biggest at $41 billion - into initiatives serving his first love, education

Chinese youth is spending like Americans, piling worrisome household debt

Chinese under 30 aren't savers like previous generations. That's helping diversify the economy, but adding to household debt.

Alibaba and the $15 bn question: Amid Hong Kong protests, when to list?

More than 10 weeks of confrontations between police and pro-democracy protesters have plunged Hong Kong into its worst crisis

Alibaba's results beat estimates, Q1 revenue up 42% at $16.32 billion

Both Alibaba and smaller rival JD.com, however, are seeking to diversify amid slowing e-commerce revenue growth at home - due in part to markets in China's biggest cities saturating

Baidu knocked off China's list of 5 most valuable internet companies

Baidu has struggled to fend off competition from the likes of Tencent and ByteDance Inc., both of which are luring smartphone-savvy consumers and advertisers to their popular mini-video

China's Alibaba, Tencent bid for comeback after $140-bn trade war wipeout

Alibaba and Tencent's businesses are largely domestic, having little to do with the US or trade

Alibaba's smart speaker to feature in Audi, Renault, Honda cars in China

The Tmall Genie Auto smart speaker will allow drivers to use voice commands to, for instance, place orders on Alibaba's online retail platform and buy movie tickets

Bicycle-sharing platform Ofo gets $866 mn capital infusion led by Alibaba

To date, Ofo has operations in over 250 cities across 21 countries alongside widespread usage by over 200 million global users

As growth slows and trade risks loom over China, Alibaba focuses on SE Asia

Jack Ma-promoted firm posted 41% revenue growth in the December quarter, but chances are the growth rate will slump

Alibaba sales grow at weakest pace in three years as slowing China bites

The result is likely to add to investor worries as it highlights the mounting pressures facing the e-commerce behemoth

Alibaba braces for nervous customers as China'a slowing economy trims sales

Alibaba shed about $120 billion of market value through Friday since peaking in June as uncertainty from US-Chinese tensions spooked investors in front-line sectors such as technology

Welcome to the future! Alibaba opens first hi-tech hotel in China

FlyZoo Hotel in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, where Alibaba has its headquarteres, is known as the company's first 'future hotel'

Chief at Alibaba video site Youku steps down amid corruption probe

Fan Luyuan, the current chief executive and chairman of film unit Alibaba Pictures, has taken over Yang's role, the company said

Alibaba's record $31-billion Singles' Day sales fail to cheer investors

Even a $31-billion record sales figure from Alibaba Group's Singles' Day didn't give stocks a big lift

This special smartphone screen Alibaba has built helps the blind to shop

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has introduced a new smart screen for the visually impaired users to help them shop without much of an assistance.The smart screen is a result of the company's two years and USD 25 billion R&D initiative. As TechCrunch reports, the screen, called Smart Touch, is like a silicone layer which can be added to the top of a smartphone screen.Each film costs about 3.6 cents to produce. It has three mini buttons on each side which are sensory-enabled. By pressing these buttons, certain commands are triggered, such as 'go back' and 'confirm', making online shopping a smoother process.Smart Touch is also useful while answering calls, listening to texts, and so on.

Alibaba goes global to hit annual Singles' Day with Jack Ma at the helm

This Singles' Day to be the last with Jack Ma as chairman

Vying for Vuitton: China's e-commerce rivals seek luxury stranglehold

In China, Vuitton - like Kering's Gucci or Hermes - has ventured online but on its own terms, with a WeChat store and a standalone e-commerce site launched in 2017 that it says is doing well

Alibaba to invest $2 bn in Chinese wine and spirit importer 1919.cn

The wine and spirit importer said in the filing that its revenues climbed 16.24% last year to 3.36 billion yuan

Alibaba in talks to purchase a minority stake in Spencer's Retail

Spencer's was already in talks with Amazon. Both options were open, sources say

Daniel Zhang, Alibaba's next chairman, fancies himself as a free spirit

The man anointed as next executive chairman chose 'Free and Unfettered' as his company nickname