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China's Antitrust Probe Zeroes In on Vendor Claims of Alibaba Pressure
Business, Published on 26/12/2020
» A Chinese antitrust probe into whether Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. abused its dominant market position casts a spotlight on long-standing contentions from merchants and rivals that the e-commerce giant pressures some sellers to operate only on its platforms.
China begins anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba
AFP, Published on 24/12/2020
» BEIJING: China has launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba, regulators said on Thursday, heaping further pressure on the e-commerce giant and sending its share price tumbling.
Alibaba 'dismayed' by Uighur facial-recognition software
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» SHANGHAI: Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sought to distance itself from a face-recognition software feature devised by its cloud computing unit that could help users to identify members of the country's Muslim Uighur minority.
Pickups collide, 1 killed, 4 injured
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 07/12/2020
» KANCHANABURI: A Myanmar migrant worker was killed and four others injured when two pickups collided head-on in Tha Maka district early Monday, police said.
Jack Ma's lesson
News, Postbag, Published on 30/11/2020
» Given the poor English language proficiency of Thais, what can Jack Ma teach us about learning English?
TikTok owner ByteDance eyes asset listings in Hong Kong: report
AFP, Published on 06/11/2020
» SHANGHAI - ByteDance, the Chinese parent of viral video platform TikTok, is in talks to raise $2 billion from investors before a possible listing of some of its businesses in Hong Kong, according to a report.
How billionaire Jack Ma fell to earth and took Ant's mega IPO with him
Published on 06/11/2020
» HONG KONG: They say talk is cheap. Tell that to Jack Ma.
Ant Group fiasco reflects battle for China's financial soul
AFP, Published on 05/11/2020
» SHANGHAI: China's last-minute abandonment of Ant Group's record-breaking IPO stems from an intensifying battle for the soul of the nation's financial system that the fintech giant and its charismatic leader Jack Ma helped to ignite.
Ant Group's shock IPO suspension hammers Alibaba shares
AFP, Published on 04/11/2020
» SHANGHAI: China's shock, last–minute decision to suspend the record-breaking IPO of fintech giant Ant Group hammered shares of founder Jack Ma's e-commerce titan Alibaba on Wednesday and left investors reeling.
China's Ant Group facing regulatory pressure ahead of record IPO
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» SHANGHAI - Fintech giant Ant Group is facing growing Chinese pressure over potential risks in its online lending business, with co-founder Jack Ma and other executives summoned to an unusual meeting with regulators just ahead of its record-breaking IPO this week.