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Jack Ma to cede control of Ant Group
Jack Ma will cede control of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, the company has announced, following a Communist Party crackdown on the nation's tech sector that targeted the charismatic billionaire.
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Alibaba shares slump 5% on Beijing’s scrutiny of Ant Group
Shares in Alibaba slumped more than 5 percent yesterday following a report that Beijing regulators had ordered a fresh investigation into state firms' links with the Chinese e-commerce giant's fintech arm Ant Group.
Alibaba's Jack Ma to step down in 2019, pledges smooth transition
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announced on Sept. 10 he would step down as head of the pioneering Chinese e-commerce giant in one year, a departure already drawing comparisons to the retirement of late Apple founder Steve Jobs.
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma Announces Retirement
Alibaba co-founder and chief Jack Ma announced he will leave from the Chinese e-commerce giant Monday to devote his time to philanthropy focused on education.
Ma was an English teacher before starting Alibaba in 1999 and built it into a multibillion-dollar internet colossus.
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After more than 2 Years of Delay, the Tallest Building in China is Now Open
After more than two years of delay due to bureaucratic procedures, the new tallest skyscraper in China - Shanghai Tower in Shanghai's financial district is now welcoming its tenants, Bloomberg writes.
Jack Ma warns about dangers of AI
A robot waiter serves fruit to customers at a restaurant in Xuchang, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 11, 2015. The robot, worth some 13,000 dollars (80 thousand yuan), has been put into use to serve customers at the restaurant for ten days. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
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Toward a multipolar world
The question that never changes when I return from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has always been "Who are the people and events that marked Davos this year?
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Alibaba job boom: Jack Ma chats with Trump about how to create 1 million US jobs over 5 years
President-elect Donald Trump said he had a “great meeting” with Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma on Monday, when they discussed 1 million new U.S. jobs.
Ma said that Alibaba’s expansion would focus on products like garments, wine and fruits, with a special focus on trade between the American midwest and southeast Asia.
China's Alibaba buys stake in Spielberg firm
Chinese internet billionaire Jack Ma has bought a stake in cinema legend Steven Spielberg's company, they said, the latest tie-up between China and Hollywood as they seek to make movies for audiences in the Middle Kingdom and beyond.
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China's online population nears 700 million in 2015
China's Internet users - already by far the world's most numerous - rose to nearly 700 million in 2015, authorities said on Jan. 22, more than twice the population of the United States.
Beijing imposes strict controls on online content, while e-commerce is a vital part of its efforts to transform the economy into one driven more by consumer demand.