Alibaba
Can Alibaba’s Jack Ma Spread Jobs Around the World?: Adam Minter
published Oct 17th 2016, 5:00 pm, by Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — Alibaba’s Jack Ma has big dreams. Having transformed Chinese retail, he’s now determined to reinvigorate globalization. The way to do so, according to his annual shareholder letter released last week, is for other countries to use or replicate
Huffington Said to Plan Media Startup Backed by Alibaba’s Ma
published Jun 8th 2016, 5:09 pm, by Olivia Zaleski and Gerry Smith (Bloomberg) — A decade after co-founding the news site that bears her name, Arianna Huffington is poised to expand her media empire with a startup focused on health and wellness. Huffington, 65, has held talks with investors about
China’s Big Shift to Services Is Overstated: Christopher Balding
©2016 Bloomberg View O3HKPK6KLVRT (Bloomberg View) — The optimists’ case for China is fairly straightforward. Yes, the world’s second-largest economy is grinding to its slowest pace in decades. But as investment and manufacturing — traditionally the key drivers of Chinese growth — decline in importance, domestic consumption and services are
Yahoo to Scrap Alibaba Stake Spinoff, CNBC Reports
@2015 Bloomberg News NZ28AX6VDKHT (Bloomberg) — Yahoo! Inc. will scrap its long-planned spinoff of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., CNBC reported, a response to mounting pressure from investors who have grown tired of waiting for a turnaround in the Web portal’s main businesses. The Sunnyvale, California-based company will instead
Bloomberg Business: As Nasdaq Soars, China’s Alibaba-Led Dot-Com Boom Starts to Fade
©2015 Bloomberg News NLN6JS6JTSED (Bloomberg) — Just as the Nasdaq Composite Index surges to the cusp of the record high set during the dot-com-era, the excitement about China’s Internet boom is fading. Half of the 14 Chinese dot-coms that debuted in the U.S. last year are now trading below their