The disclosure may raise concerns that Alibaba could be biting off more than it can chew in a recent spree of acquisitions

Alibaba finds suspicious accounting at film unit

The Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group filed paperwork on Tuesday in the United States to sell stock to the public for the first time, in an embrace of the global capital markets that represents a coming-of-age for China's booming internet industry."Alibaba is the fastest-growing internet company in one of the fastest-growing economies in the world," said Sameet Sinha, an analyst with B Riley & Company, a boutique investment bank in Los Angeles. "They are like an Amazon, an eBay and a PayPal."In the filing, Alibaba said it intended to raise $1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) - a figure used to calculate its registration fee. But the company is expected ultimately to raise $15 billion to $20 billion, which would make it the biggest American IPO since Facebook's $16-billion offering in May 2012.When it makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq market, Alibaba is also expected to have a share price that could value the company at roughly $200 bill

China's Alibaba may be valued at $200 bn for US listing

Today, Alibaba is China's largest online retailer, with merchandise volumes that lag only Walmart, worldwide

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Qianhai special economic zone

Qianhai is one of more than 10 newly created or proposed special zones, including the better-known Shanghai free trade zone

A muddy tract, but by 2020, China's answer to Wall St

One of JPMorgan Chase's top deal makers in China and a focus of the US government's investigation into the bank's hiring practices in China is resigning

JPMorgan China banker resigns amid inquiry

One of the surest bets on China is starting to look a bit shaky

In China, shaking up currency's strength

CSRC announced it would start investigating companies that are marketing their IPOs to investors

Five Chinese IPOs shelved after regulator stiffens rules

JPMorgan Chase has hired the Asia head of the International Monetary Fund for a newly created senior regulatory role in the region, according to a copy of an internal memo sent Thursday.Anoop Singh, who before working at the IMF had served in senior advisory roles at the World Bank and at India's central bank, will start at JPMorgan in Hong Kong in early February as the head of regulatory strategy and policy for the Asia-Pacific region, the memo said.The appointment comes as JPMorgan deals with a continuing bribery investigation in the US over whether it hired the children of Chinese officials to obtain deals, and at a time when Asian financial hubs are imposing more stringent demands on banks operating in the region.Singh "will focus on developing adaptive strategies for our complex and dynamic regulatory environment," Tim Ryan, JPMorgan's global head of regulatory strategy and policy, and Andrew Butcher, the chief administrative officer for the bank's Asia-Pacific region, wrote in th

JPMorgan hires IMF official for regulatory role in Asia

The central bank in China allowed rates late last week and early this week to soar to unsustainable levels

Markets on edge as China moves to curb risky lending

Li Ka-shing to pay more than $1 billion for Dutch waste management firm

Asia's richest person expands reach into Europe

If you can't buy them, bankrupt them.Three months ago, Ambow Education Holding, a troubled operator of tutoring centres in China that was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was the target of a $108-million privatisation bid by Baring Private Equity Asia.On Monday, Baring emerged as one of several big shareholders that had succeeded in pushing Ambow into provisional liquidation by a court in the Cayman Islands, where the company is registered, after a dispute with management over an investigation into possible financial misconduct.Rapid downfalls have not been uncommon among Chinese companies listed in the United States in recent years, after a wave of accounting scandals led to a broad sell-off of such stocks. At the same time, a growing number of private equity firms have sought to capitalise on depressed share prices of Chinese companies by making buyout offers.But Ambow's situation stands out. "Perhaps no company ever transited as quickly from a private equity firm's sought-afte

PE capitalises on Chinese firms' depressed shares

The insurance giant American International Group said on Monday that it had launched a process to sell off its entire stake in the Asian insurer AIA Group, ending an association that dates back more than 90 years. AIG's 13.7-per cent stake was worth 52.2 billion Hong Kong dollars, or $6.7 billion, based on AIA's most recent share price.

AIG to sell remaining stake in Asian insurer AIA

Profit at HSBC Holdings dropped nearly 9 per cent in the first half of the year, as the big bank deals with the fallout from a money laundering investigation and a settlement over selling inappropriate financial products.

HSBC sets aside $2 bn for legal woes as profit falls

Chinese companies went on an overseas shopping spree in the first three months of the year, with the value of outbound deals rising 118 per cent, to $21.4 billion, from the period a year earlier, a study released on Thursday showed.

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Alibaba finds suspicious accounting at film unit

China's Alibaba may be valued at $200 bn for US listing

The unlikely ascent of Jack Ma, Alibaba's founder

A muddy tract, but by 2020, China's answer to Wall St

JPMorgan China banker resigns amid inquiry

In China, shaking up currency's strength

Five Chinese IPOs shelved after regulator stiffens rules

JPMorgan hires IMF official for regulatory role in Asia

Markets on edge as China moves to curb risky lending

Asia's richest person expands reach into Europe

PE capitalises on Chinese firms' depressed shares

AIG to sell remaining stake in Asian insurer AIA

AIG to sell remaining stake in Asian insurer AIA

HSBC sets aside $2 bn for legal woes as profit falls

China firms on global buying spree