Alibaba slid as much as 1.4 per cent in Hong Kong, putting its market value at about HK$1.46 trillion ($187 billion) and on track to close below US-listed PDD Holdings Inc.'s $188.3 billion
Ma, who has mostly stayed away from day-to-day operations since 2020, stunned employees Wednesday by replying to a staff post on Alibaba's internal forum
Berkshire's exit comes after a string of selldowns for the firm, including stake cuts by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group and the exit of China's Alibaba Group
Ma has not sold a single share in Alibaba, as the stock price has not reached the level the billionaire was seeking
Bailing will be applied to Ant's various services and help with innovation, Xu Peng, vice president of Ant Group said in a statement on Monday
In the months since, the company has approved a process to start external financing for its international commerce arm and was also looking to list its cloud unit
This year, Alibaba enlisted two co-founders to replace Daniel Zhang at the helm and oversee a complicated six-way split of its main businesses from the cloud to local and global e-commerce
Chinese authorities said on Friday they would wrap up a probe into Ant with the financial technology company paying a fine of almost $1 billion
Daniel Zhang to focus on Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group as chairman and CEO; change will take effect September 10
Alibaba plans to spin-off of its cloud computing business and said on Thursday that its logistics and grocery units will explore initial public offerings as the Chinese e-commerce company kickstarts a restructuring of its operations in hopes of spurring growth. The company in March announced plans to reshape itself into six business divisions with plans to allow all but its core e-commerce business to raise external capital and go public. In an earnings call Thursday, Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang said that the Alibaba plans to fully spin off its cloud computing unit and complete a public listing in the next 12 months, allowing it to optimise operations, Zhang said. Alibaba's board of directors approved the full spin-off of the cloud computing unit via a stock dividend distribution to shareholders, the company said. Zhang also said that Freshippo, its groceries arm, as well as logistics arm Cainiao, are ready to go public. Alibaba's board has approved plans to begin Freshippo's IPO pro
Alibaba on Thursday approved a full spinoff of the Cloud Intelligence Group via a stock dividend distribution to shareholders
The e-commerce giant is in the early stages of consideration and the IPO's size is yet to be determined, the report added
Alibaba's American Depositary Receipts are now 2.3% below where they were before the e-commerce firm announced its overhaul plan in late March, wiping out as much as 20% in gains
The contracts give SoftBank the option to buy the shares back, but the group has settled previous deals by handing over the stock
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At the end of December, Alibaba had 6.26 per cent stake in the firm and it had sold around 3 per cent of it in January
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There is no respite for SoftBank Group in the ongoing global tech meltdown as the Japanese investment giant on Tuesday reported a massive around $5.9 billion net loss
He also warned against "any infiltration of capital into politics that undermines the political ecosystem or the environment for economic development"
According to media reports, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to sell a stake of about 3 per cent in Indian food delivery firm Zomato worth $200 million through a block deal