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Business News

Shocking uranium play that hedge funds kept hidden

As the energy industry moves into nuclear, uranium miners must step forward. Hedge funds are already behind uranium investments' move.

By Gabriel Osorio-Mazilli

Business News

Chinese startup Nreal secures funding for its AR-glasses

Alibaba, the e-commerce giant, is among the companies that will contribute funding and has its sighs on the metaverse.

By Eduardo Scheffler Zawadzki

Business News

Alibaba Jumps 7% After Billionaire Jack Ma Appeared in a 50-Second Video Clip After Weeks of Laying Low

The billionaire founder could be seen addressing 100 rural teachers across China.

By Shalini Nagarajan

Business News

Alibaba and Ant Group Founder Jack Ma Hasn’t Been Seen for 2 Months

The Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is thought to be missing, Jessica Yun reported for Yahoo Finance on Sunday.

By Katie Warren

Building a Business

Alibaba’s Chief Growth Officer On 3 Critical Challenges For International Companies

Identify core values, document communication rigorously, and enable personal connections.

By Aimee Tariq

Business News

Jack Ma, China’s Richest Man, Steps Down From $460 Billion Alibaba Empire

His farewell party is taking place in an 80,000-seat stadium.

By Sinéad Baker

Business News

Alibaba’s Billionaire Founder Jack Ma Says Companies Forcing Staff to Work Overtime Are ‘Foolish’

He was responding to a debate over the 996 schedule, which means working 9am to 9pm, six days a week.

By Laurie Chen

Business News

Alibaba’s Opening an Online Store With Office Depot, as the 2 Companies Work to Beat Out Amazon

The companies hope to win over American business owners with the convenience of a one stop shop, melding Alibaba's global platform with Office Depot's U.S. experience.

By Kate Taylor

Entrepreneurs

60-Second Video: Check Out the FedEX for Space

Here are three thing entrepreneurs should know today.

By Dan Bova

Business News

Last Year, Alibaba’s Singles Day Shopping Event Sales Hit $1 Billion in 85 Seconds

This happened in spite of tariffs and other challenges to Chinese tech.

By Jon Fingas

Building a Business

The World’s Most Valuable Startup Is a Company You’ve Probably Never Heard of

A recent $3 billion funding round landed Bytedance (parent of TikTok) the title of world's most valuable startup.

By Hayden Field

Business News

Jack Ma Will Step Down as Chairman of Chinese Ecommerce Giant Alibaba in September 2019

Ma, who will be succeeded by Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang, wrote a letter to customers and shareholders explaining his decision.

By Sam Jacobs

Business News

Alibaba’s Futuristic Supermarket in China Is Light-Years Ahead of the U.S. — and Shows Where Amazon Will Likely Take Whole Foods

With facial recognition payments and 30 minute online deliveries, this supermarket chain is all about being 'insanely convenient' for the customer.

Business News

Sexist Job Ads Discriminate Against Women in China — Even Specifying Applicants’ Required Height, Weight and Facial Structure

Many job ads in China openly discriminate against women according to research from Human Rights Watch.

By Tara Francis Chan

Marketing

5 Strategies From Top Firms on How to Use Machine Learning

With machine learning making disruptive innovation easier than ever before, it's up to entrepreneurs to show the big kids how it's done.

By Vince Lynch

Marketing

Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Is a Multi-Billion-Dollar Sales Juggernaut — and You Could Build Your Own

Big companies aren't the only ones who can create sales events, nor are they the only ones who can take part in them.

By Lydia Belanger

Thought Leaders

22 Crazy Things We’ve Learned About Alibaba Billionaire Jack Ma

From getting kidnapped to dressing up as Michael Jackson, the Alibaba founder has a lot of wacky stories to tell.

By Rose Leadem

Business News

Deals, New Products and Freebies for ‘Force Friday,’ a Completely Made Up Star Wars Holiday

Following in the footsteps of Alibaba and Amazon, Disney is putting forth a shopping event of its own: Force Friday.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

What the Global Marketplace Can Teach U.S. Entrepreneurs About the Future of Payments

The world is already using payment tech that will disrupt American businesses next.

By Jeffrey Sloan

Business Funding

The Truth About Working With Asian Investors

Understand the opportunities and considerations for emerging companies seeking funding and strategic partnership from Asian investors.

By Ekta Sahasi

Business News

What Trump Doesn’t Understand About China’s Entrepreneurial Culture

China doesn't want to be the world's technology manufacturer; it wants to displace Silicon Valley as the world's technology innovator.

By Steve Tobak