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Jack Ma, 21st-Century Renaissance Man, To Star In Film
Jack Ma, 21st-Century Renaissance Man, To Star In Film
November 01, 2017  |  News

When people talk about the eCommerce giants “getting into movies,” usually they’re talking about digital content – offering films, TV shows, and even their own...

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Alibaba And The Emergence Of VR eCommerce
Alibaba And The Emergence Of VR eCommerce
October 10, 2017  |  Retail

While not much of an event, yet, on North American shores, elsewhere in the world the countdown to Singles Day is underway. The price of...

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Equifax Hack May Hinder Ant Financial’s Chances Of Buying MoneyGram
Equifax Hack May Hinder Ant Financial’s Chances Of Buying MoneyGram
September 15, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

As a multi-agency advisory panel in the Trump Administration comes to the end of its review of Ant Financial’s acquisition of MoneyGram, the possibility of...

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Bezos Vs. Ma: Who’s Ahead In Grocery?
Bezos Vs. Ma: Who’s Ahead In Grocery?
August 30, 2017  |  ResTech

Those who prophesied the death of brick-and-mortar retail in favor of online alternatives may have been premature. Sure, merchants without an online presence are largely...

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Jack Ma’s Yunfeng Makes A Bid For MassMutual’s Hong Kong Unit
Jack Ma’s Yunfeng Makes A Bid For MassMutual’s Hong Kong Unit
August 18, 2017  |  Investments

Yunfeng Financial Group, co-founded by Alibaba’s Jack Ma, is making a $1.7-billion bid for the Hong Kong and Macau businesses of MassMutual, one of the...

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Alibaba To Launch Three Hybrid Hema Supermarket Stores
Alibaba To Launch Three Hybrid Hema Supermarket Stores
July 19, 2017  |  Retail

When two modes of shopping really love each other… Wait, no — scratch that. When two modes of shopping hate each other and one is...

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Ant Financial Close To Doubled Its Profit In Fiscal Year 2017
Ant Financial Close To Doubled Its Profit In Fiscal Year 2017
June 23, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Ant Financial, the financial arm of Alibaba specializing in wealth management, nearly doubled its profit during its 2017 fiscal year in part because of its mobile...

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Ridesharing Startup Grab Aiming To Raise More Than $1B From Funding Round
Ridesharing Startup Grab Aiming To Raise More Than $1B From Funding Round
June 16, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Grab, the ridesharing startup in Singapore similar to Uber in the U.S., may raise more than $1 billion investment from strategic investors in a venture capital...

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Alibaba Lays out Financial and Business Targets at Two Day Investor Confab
Alibaba Lays out Financial and Business Targets at Two Day Investor Confab
June 09, 2017  |  Retail

Amid a soaring stock price that reached an all-time of nearly $143, Alibaba management laid out revenue growth targets and business plans over a two-day...

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