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Belgian brands eye exploring Chinese market through Alibaba's platform

Belgian brands intend to expand their network in the Chinese market by selling through the online platform of Alibaba, local media reported on Monday.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma cancels speech at anti-counterfeiting conference

Alibaba Group Holding chief Jack Ma has cancelled a speech at an anti-counterfeiting conference in the United States after the trade group behind it suspended the ­e-commerce giant’s recently gained membership.

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Alibaba chief cancels speech after snub by anti-counterfeiting group

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (BABA.N) chief Jack Ma has canceled a speech at an anti-counterfeiting conference in the United States after the trade group behind it suspended the e-commerce giant's recently gained membership.

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Alibaba suspended from anticounterfeiting group

Move follows backlash after AntiCounterfeiting Coalition admitted the Chinese e-commerce giant in April

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Alibaba, SoftBank in cloud computing JV

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has teamed with its largest shareholder SoftBank Group Corp to form a cloud computing service venture targeting Japanese customers, as the Chinese e-commerce giant expands one of its fastest growing businesses.

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Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial raises $4.5 billion in largest private tech funding round

Ant Financial Services Group, the financial-services affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, closed the world’s largest private fundraising round for an Internet company at $4.5 billion

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Tencent, Alibaba battle for Chinese office app users

One focus of the intense rivalry is helping users to separate their work from life

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Alibaba, Ant Financial to jointly invest $1.25 billion in Ele.me

Alibaba also signed an agreement under which its own online food-services platform will cooperate with Ele.me

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Alibaba makes biggest overseas bet with US$1b Lazada deal

Alibaba Group Holding has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Southeast Asian online retailer Lazada Group for about US$1 billion, its biggest deal overseas, as the Chinese e-commerce giant seeks fertile new turf while growth slows at home.

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Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent lead charge in China mergers and show no sign of slowing down

When Jack Ma Yun reorganised Alibaba Group into 25 business units back in January 2013 and announced days later his exit as its chief executive, there was no inkling that what would happen next was a pell-mell rush to invest in a fast-expanding global internet market by the e-commerce giant and its two closest rivals in China.

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Alibaba 2016 fiscal year GMV exceeds 3 trillion yuan

​Alibaba Group on Monday said its gross merchandise volume (GMV) for the 2016 fiscal year had exceeded 3 trillion yuan (463 billion U.S. dollars).

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SCMP: Counterweight or another government outlet?

The story of Ali Baba is well known. The Arabian fable tells of a woodcutter who discovers the password, "open sesame", to a treasure cave containing the loot of a band of thieves. They plot to kill him but Ali Baba, with his resourceful slave girl, wins the day by pouring boiling oil over them instead.

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Alibaba’s Jack Ma Vows to Defend South China Morning Post’s Independence

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Executive Chairman Jack Ma defended his company’s purchase of Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, saying it would preserve the daily newspaper’s independence.

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Ma leverages SCMP for a greater voice for China: China Daily

The challenge of burnishing the image of China globally and maintaining the SCMP’s editorial independence may be more difficult than boosting Alibaba’s bottom line.

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Taiwan's small firms go multinational through e-commerce

Any enterprise in any doubt about the Internet's promotional power need only look at Taiwanese beverage firm EjiA Biotechnology.

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Alibaba announces acquisition of HK's SCMP Group media assets

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on Friday announced its acquisition of the South China Morning Post (SCMP), a major English newspaper in China's Hong Kong.