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The China-based Alibaba Group has appointed a former U.S. federal...

2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

The China-based Alibaba Group has appointed a former U.S. federal prosecutor, Matthew Bassiur, to lead a team that will work to enforce intellectual property protection at the company, in cooperation with international brands and retail partners, industry associations, government regulators, law enforcement agencies and other organizations. The move follows renewed ...

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Beating analysts' expectations, Alibaba Group Holdings reported a 32 percent...

2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

Beating analysts' expectations, Alibaba Group Holdings reported a 32 percent increase to $3.49 billion in revenues for the second quarter of its financial year, ended on Sept. 30. Sales through mobile devices nearly tripled to $1.66 billion. The total gross merchandise volume on its Chinese marketplaces went up by 28 ...

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Beating analysts' expectations, Alibaba Group Holdings reported a 32 percent...

2015-10-31T00:00:00Z

Beating analysts' expectations, Alibaba Group Holdings reported a 32 percent increase to $3.49 billion in revenues for the second quarter of its financial year, ended on Sept. 30. Sales through mobile devices nearly tripled to $1.66 billion. The total gross merchandise volume on its Chinese marketplaces went up by 28 ...

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Alibaba is reportedly planning to open offices in Germany, France...

2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

Alibaba is reportedly planning to open offices in Germany, France and Italy to persuade more European vendors to use Tmall and other internet platforms within the group for the sale of their products in China

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Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group...

2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group together with Sina Corporation and Yunfeng Capital. The idea is to leverage Alibaba's large e-commerce footprint in China with Sina's media resources to create an integrated, internet-based sports platform for the benefit of the sports industry, sports teams, sports fans ...

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Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the...

2015-08-10T00:00:00Z

Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the Taobao marketplace and a dozen other operations, has hired a Canadian-born executive, Michael Evans, as president in its bid to expand internationally. He reports to Daniel Zhang, the group's chief executive who succeeded Jonathan Lu in May. His initial task ...

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Alibaba and three other Chinese companies are reported to be...

2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Alibaba and three other Chinese companies are reported to be interested in the takeover of AC Milan. The famous Italian football club is also said to be the target of a crowdfunding initiative in China intended to raise at least $1 billion for its acquisition by the general public and ...

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Alibaba vigorously protested about comments made by an official of...

2015-02-03T00:00:00Z

Alibaba vigorously protested about comments made by an official of China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) last week, claiming that more than 60 percent of the products sold on its Taobao marketplace were fake and that the company was not doing enough to fight counterfeiting. It was even ...

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Alibaba says it spent one billion renmimbi (€131.9m-$160.8m) in the...

2014-12-26T00:00:00Z

Alibaba says it spent one billion renmimbi (€131.9m-$160.8m) in the 12 months ended on Nov. 30 to combat the sale of counterfeited goods online, engaging a task force of more than 2,000 people that will be expanded by a further 200 in the next year. Some 5,400 volunteers have also ...

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Alibaba Group's share price reached new highs, trading above $115...

2014-11-13T00:00:00Z

Alibaba Group's share price reached new highs, trading above $115 a share and reaching a market capitalization above $280 billion, after reporting strong results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 and announcing that it generated record sales of $9.3 billion through its marketplaces on Nov. 11 in connection with ...

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Alibaba gets a high valuation

2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The giant Chinese internet marketplace, which occupies a strong position in the domestic sporting goods market through TMall and other websites, made a triumphant listing on the New York Stock Exchange last Friday. From an initial pricing of $68, Alibaba Group Holding's share shot up to $99.70 and then ...

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GoPro, Alibaba shake the stock market

2014-06-30T00:00:00Z

GoPro went through one of the most successful public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange in recent times. The shares were priced at $24 last Wednesday, at the high end of a previously set range of $21-24, valuing the young American action camera company at $2.96 billion. However, the stock ...