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China's antitrust regulators weigh levying record fine on Alibaba: Report

The fine could surpass the $975 million that Qualcomm QCOM.O paid in 2015 over anticompetitive practices, the report said

Ant employees expected a windfall, but are stuck with unsellable shares

The move underscores two intertwined challenges facing Ant, four months after Chinese authorities torpedoed its $35 billion initial public offering

Alibaba's Jack Ma spotted playing golf, easing China detention fears

It's the first known Ma sighting since the former English teacher joined a live-streamed video chat with rural educators on January 20

Alibaba's $38-billion bond sale shows confidence among Jack Ma fans

The four-tranche offer received more than $38 billion in orders at the peak, according to people with knowledge of the matter

Alibaba beats revenue forecast, shares slide amid regulatory challenges

It also announced a bond sale worth as much as $5 billion though sources have said plans for the fundraising were in the works before the regulatory clampdown

Chinese state media celebrates top entrepreneurs, but not Jack Ma

Ma, lionised at home for creating some of his country's largest corporations, didn't make the cut in a Shanghai Securities News front-page commentary lauding the leading lights of technology

Alibaba beats revenue forecast on online boom as Chinese regulators hover

The results come as China clamps down on company founder Jack Ma's business empire, having forced the suspension of a $37 billion IPO for financial affiliate Ant Group

Chinese state newspaper omits Jack Ma from list of entrepreneurial leaders

China's best known businessman was not mentioned in an front-page article published by the Shanghai Securities News

From Pony Ma to Jack Ma, the rich win big with wild Hong Kong stocks

Tencent and Alibaba Group Holding, along with food-delivery giant Meituan and carmaker Geely Automobile Holdings, were among the stocks helping propel the rally.

Jack Ma's participation in video conference triggers $58 bn sigh of relief

That's how much Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s market value soared after a clip of Ma speaking to a group of teachers began circulating online -- his first public comments since disappearing from view

Jack Ma's reappearance buoys Alibaba, fails to soothe all investor concerns

While Ma has stepped down from corporate positions and earnings calls, he retains significant influence over Alibaba and Ant

Jack Ma ends silence, prompts $58-billion sigh of relief by investors

Much about the future of China's most famous businessman remains unclear

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Jack Ma emerges for first time in months since crackdown on Ant, Alibaba

Speculation about Ma's whereabouts and his standing with President Xi Jinping's government had reached a fever pitch in recent weeks

'He is laying low': Jack Ma's local bar awaits its most famous regular

Ma, who used to come at least once a month to the bar that was opened by Alibaba executives in early 2019, hasn't been around since late last year, said one worker

Trump admin shelves planned investment ban on Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu

Senior officials in the administration had been considering plans to add the firms to a list of alleged Chinese military companies, which would have subjected them to a new US investment ban

China orders local media to censor Alibaba coverage, says report

A directive issued by the government's propaganda arm ordered news outlets to strictly invoke the official line on the investigation into the tech giant

US considering adding Alibaba, Tencent to China stock ban: Report

The Trump administration is considering adding Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings to a blacklist of Chinese companies that are allegedly owned or controlled by the Chinese military

Alibaba plans to raise at least $5 bn via dollar bond this month: Report

Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group Holding plans to raise at least $5 billion through the sale of a US dollar-denominated bond this month, four people with direct knowledge of the matter said

Jack Ma's Ant Group may survive this bump but won't be super-unicorn again

Over the last year, the government has encouraged the growth of consumer finance companies as well as the existing units of banks that deal in the business