Alibaba

Alibaba becomes China’s new AI darling with US$87 billion rally
THE frenzy over Chinese artificial intelligence is turning Alibaba Group Holding into an investor favourite again, injecting new life into an e-commerce giant that had nearly sunk into obscurity...
Alibaba to sell Sun Art to buyout firm DCP for HK$12.3 billion
ALIBABA Group Holding agreed to sell its shares in Sun Art Retail Group to private equity firm DCP Capital, unloading another high-profile physical commerce asset to focus on its...
Alibaba to sell China’s Sun Art to buyout firm at big discount
ALIBABA Group Holding agreed to sell its shares in Sun Art Retail Group to private equity firm DCP Capital, unloading another high-profile physical commerce asset at a discount to...
Alibaba’s supermarket Freshippo records 9 straight months of profit, CEO says
Freshippo, Alibaba Group Holding's grocery chain known as Hema in its home market, was profitable for nine straight months in 2024, the unit's chief executive Yan Xiaolei said in...
Alibaba, BlackBerry among companies selling assets for peanuts after splurging billions buying them
COMPANIES that spent billions on poorly timed acquisitions in recent years are now offloading those assets at knockdown prices.Alibaba Group Holding announced on Tuesday (Dec 17) that it’s going...
Alibaba to sell department store chain Intime for 7.4 billion yuan
ALIBABA Group said on Tuesday that it will sell its department store unit Intime to a consortium comprising textiles firm Youngor Fashion and some of Intime’s management for 7.4...
Alibaba integrates e-commerce platforms into a single business unit
ALIBABA Group will integrate all of its e-commerce platforms into a single business unit to be called the Alibaba E-commerce Business Group, it said in a stock exchange filing...
Alibaba combines e-commerce arms to tackle growing competition
Alibaba Group will integrate its domestic Chinese and international e-commerce platforms into a single business unit run by one leader for the first time, the company said in a...
China’s Alibaba misses quarterly revenue estimates
ALIBABA Group Holding missed analysts’ estimates for quarterly sales on Friday (Nov 15), as lingering economic uncertainty sapped consumer spending in China and weighed on the e-commerce giant’s domestic...
Alibaba is said to consider offering US$5 billion of bonds
CHINESE tech conglomerate Alibaba Group Holding is considering an offering of bonds totalling the equivalent of about US$5 billion as soon as this month, people familiar with the matter...
China’s ‘Singles Day’ shopping spree in spotlight as spending flags
China's largest online shopping bonanza wraps up on Monday, with analysts and investors watching for signs that consumption is rebounding in the world's second-largest economy after recent efforts by...