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China suspends Alibaba Cloud over failure to report internet bug
Beijing: China has suspended Alibaba Cloud’s services for six months after the company failed to report about the serious Internet bug — which has put millions of systems and devices at hacking…
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Alibaba undergoes top management reshuffle amid China crackdown
Beijing: Chinese conglomerate Alibaba on Monday announced a major reshuffle at the top, as the country tightens its stand against domestic Big Tech companies over data and internet regulations. Toby Xu, Deputy…
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‘Common prosperity’ goals of CCP target Chinese tech giants
Beijing: Chinese tech giants are beginning to dislike the ‘common prosperity’ goals of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), President Xi Jinping’s push to redistribute wealth in China. Fabien Baussart, writing in The…
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Alibaba dumping Chinese media company’s shares after Beijing’s clampdown on big-tech
Beijing: Of late China’s big tech firms like Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu are facing problems under growing pressure from Beijing’s campaign to rein in their power and influence. Owing to the clampdown,…
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China fines internet giants in anti-monopoly cases
Beijing: Companies including internet giants Alibaba and Tencent were fined Wednesday by anti-monopoly regulators in a new move to tighten control over their fast-developing industries. In 22 cases, companies were fined 500,000…
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Alibaba making cloud OS compatible with multiple chip architectures
Beijing: Alibaba’s cloud computing unit is making its Apsara operating system compatible with processors based on Arm, x86, RISC-V, among other architectures, the company has said. Alibaba Cloud is one of the…
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Chinese Businessmen who criticised govt COVID-19 response, could face 25 years in jail
Beijing: Chinese businessmen Sun Dawu, who has been vocal in criticising Chinese authorities about its handling of the COVID-19, could face 25 years in prison if convicted on a range of charges…
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China slaps record $2.8 billion fine on Alibaba after antitrust probe
Hong Kong: Chinese regulators on Saturday slapped a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan (2.8 billion dollars) on e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding after a months-long antitrust investigation that was initiated on…
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Alibaba stock up 8% after Jack Ma reappears in public
Beijing: Ending speculation about his whereabouts, Alibaba Co-founder Jack Ma reappeared in public view after at least three months amid increased scrutiny of his companies by Chinese regulators. The news took the shares…
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Search giant Baidu and automaker Geely join hands to penetrate EV market
New Delhi: China’s Google equivalent search engine, Baidu which specializes in Internet-related services and artificial intelligence will set up a company to produce electric vehicles in collaboration with Chinese automaker Geely. According…
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Alibaba to shut down Xiami music app on Feb 5
Beijing: Alibaba Group on Tuesday announced that it will close down its streaming platform Xiami music on February 5. Xiami was once one of China’s most popular and taste-making music streamers, but it…
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Alibaba founder Jack Ma ‘disappears’ after conflict with Chinese govt
Beijing/New Delhi: Tech billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma has “disappeared” from public life and has not been spotted for at least two months amid the conflict with the Chinese regulators. The…
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After Alibaba, China goes after Jack Ma’s Ant Group
Beijing: After China’s top market watchdog began investigation last week into alleged anti-competition practices by ecommerce giant Alibaba, media reported on Monday that the country has now laid out ‘rectification plan for the…
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Govt blocks 43 more mobile apps, including AliExpress, Alipay Cashier, CamCard
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday blocked access to 43 more Chinese mobile apps, including Alibaba Workbench, AliExpress, Alipay Cashier, CamCard and WeDate, for being prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and defence…
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Ant Group could raise nearly USD 35B in record share offering
Hong Kong: China’s Ant Group will try to raise nearly USD 35 billion in its initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong, which would make it the largest share offering in…
