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Alibaba Looking To Be Chinese Netflix, Yahoo Stays Afloat With Alibaba Stock

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Alibaba wants to be the next Netflix. The Chinese internet conglomerate pretty much makes up every major U.S. internet phenomena in a single source. $YHOO: [video] Yahoo! to Retain Larger-than...

China’s Biggest Internet Deal Ever: Alibaba Fully Buys Out UCWeb

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China’s e-commerce juggernaut, Alibaba Group has officially completed the acquisition and merger of UCWeb, China’s number one mobile browser company to form the UC Mobile Business Group. The deal...

Alibaba Spends Big on Soccer Team ahead of IPO

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Do sports teams and online shopping have synergies? That’s what analysts and potential investors are wondering on Thursday after billionaire Jack Ma announced that his Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba...

Alibaba To Buy $249m Stake In Singapore Post

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A major move to step up its international presence, Alibaba Group announced on Wednesday that it will purchase a 10.35% stake for $249 million in SingPost, Singapore’s national postal service...

Knockoffs are a Headache for Alibaba IPO

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HONG KONG (AP) — At first glance, the Monster Tron T1 headphones sold on Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's Taobao site are a tempting offer for audiophiles looking for state-of-the-art hi-fi...

The Alibaba Success and the Setbacks

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BEIJING (AP) — Even before Alibaba went online, its founder talked about making the fledgling e-commerce company a global player. At Alibaba Group's first staff meeting in 1999, a video shot by an...

Behind the Alibaba IPO is an Unlikely Chinese Success Story

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HONG KONG (AP) — The mammoth IPO planned by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group highlights founder Jack Ma's improbable rise to China's entrepreneur-in-chief. Ma, a former English teacher who flunked his...

Which Investors Will Cash In On Massive Alibaba IPO

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Alibaba filed its long-awaited public offering Tuesday, seeking to raise as much as $1 billion (a placeholder total) at a still unknown price. The Chinese Internet giant with $5.6 billion in annual...

Alibaba Is aiming to raise $1B in IPO

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — China's Alibaba Group is aiming to raise $1 billion in a long-awaited IPO likely to have ripple effects across the Internet. Tuesday's filing sets the stage for the technology...