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Alibaba's self-service Tao Cafe takes e-shopping offline

Therewasalongqueueinfrontofacashier-lesscafeopenedbyChinesee-commercegiantAlibabaovertheweekend,asshopperswaitedtoexperiencefirsthandthecompany'snewbrickandmort

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Alibaba to invest US$ 1 billion more in S'pore e-commerce startup Lazada

China'stechgiantAlibabaannouncedWednesdayitwillinvestanotheronebillionUSdollarsinSingapore-basede-commercestartupLazada,therebyincreasingitsstakefrom51to83perce

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Internet powerhouse Alibaba hires top scientist to mastermind AI drive

Internet powerhouse Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has appointed a seasoned scientist at Amazon.com Inc to spearhead its efforts in artificial intelligence, a move that will propel its so-called "NASA plan" to double up on technology research.

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Internet powerhouse Alibaba hires top scientist to mastermind AI drive

InternetpowerhouseAlibabaGroupHoldingLtdhasappointedaseasonedscientistatAmazon.comInctospearheaditseffortsinartificialintelligence,amovethatwillpropelitsso-call

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Alibaba's Jack Ma, partners donate 560 mln yuan to hospital

Alibaba founder Jack Ma and his business partners have donated 560 million yuan (82 million U.S. dollars) to a hospital in east China's Zhejiang Province.

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Alibaba becomes Asia's most valuable company, surpassing Tencent

Chinesee-commercegiantAlibabahassurpasseditsmaindomesticrivalTencenttobecomethemostvaluablecompanyinAsia.Alibaba’ssharepricebounced13percenttoarecordUS$142.30on

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Credit score by Alibaba applicable for visa applications to Japan

‍Sesame Credit, a credibility scoring system used on Alibaba's Ant Financial platforms, could be used as supporting documents for visa applications to Japan and Luxembourg, the People's Daily reported on Thursday, citing the company's announcement.

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Credit score by Alibaba applicable for visa applications to Japan

‍SesameCredit,acredibilityscoringsystemusedonAlibaba'sAntFinancialplatforms,couldbeusedassupportingdocumentsforvisaapplicationstoJapanandLuxembourg,thePeople'sD

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Alibaba gets smart about deliveries

Courieraggregatorunveilssmartlogisticsplatformasiteyeshugegrowth.CainiaoNetworkTechnologyCoLtd,acourieraggregatorbackedbyAlibabaGroupHoldingLtd,unveiledonMonday

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Alibaba and Louis Vuitton Form Anti-Counterfeit League

Just weeks after revealing its first court case against counterfeiters, Alibaba has again pledged to increase its focus on fake goods after it announced a partnership with 20 global consumer brands.

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Alibaba considers European logistics center in Bulgaria: government

Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba is considering setting up a European logistics center in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian government and Xinhua said on Wednesday.

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Wall St stays bullish on Alibaba

Wall Street remains bullish about China's internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd amid a spate of stock selling by its principal stakeholders in the past six months.

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Alibaba "very disappointed" by return to US fake list

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has hit out at a US decision to label it a haven for counterfeits, indicating that the move may have been politically motivated.

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"Community commerce" takes root

Transaction value has become secondary for video bloggers and news feeds as "community commerce" took center stage during this year's annual shopping extravaganza on the Taobao platform.

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Alibaba’s YunOS overtakes Apple’s iOS as China’s second-largest smartphone operating system

YunOS, the mobile operating system developed by Alibaba Group, is on track to corner a 14 per cent share of smartphone shipments in mainland China by the end of this year, pulling ahead of Apple’s iOS to become the second-largest operating system for that device in the market, according to analysts.

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Alibaba's Singles' Day sale becomes more international

Singles’ Day, which already surpassed America’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday as the largest online shopping event by value on the planet, is no longer a strictly Chinese affair.

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Singles Day: How China's Alibaba wants to change shopping

Chinese internet conglomerate Alibaba singlehandedly created the world's biggest online shopping event known as Singles Day. Now it's looking to change how people shop, but this is not without its challenges, reports the BBC's Tessa Wong.