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Credit Suisse said it is incrementally more positive coming out of the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) Investor Day, given better revenue guidance, more clarity on its Cainao and M&A strategy. Analyst Dick Wei, who maintains his Outperform rating on the stock, said the company also...

Counterfeit items are a low quality knock-off of the original. Or are they? According to Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA)'s founder and chairman, counterfeit goods made in China are of superior quality. Bloomberg quoted the executive as saying during an investor conference on Tuesday...

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) gained more than 4 percent on Thursday after the company reported impressive first-quarter results. However, Alibaba's stock is still virtual flat over the past year. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle discussed Alibaba's stock performance and what is needed...

In a new interview with the South China Morning Post, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) founder and chairman Jack Ma discussed the health of the Chinese economy and what’s behind its slowing growth. After decades of impressive numbers, China’s GDP growth dropped to 6.9 percent in...

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) have lost nearly 20 percent since the start of 2015. Alibaba confirmed on Friday its acquisition of the South China Morning Post media outlet. The company cited the media outlet's "iconic status" in the region and "strong reputation" across the...

Mango TV is China's second most-watched station, according to Wikipedia. Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA)'s founder, recently visited Mango TV. Analysts at Brean Capital, citing market sources, suggested that Alibaba may participate in its next-round of financing...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) founder and chairman, Jack Ma, is eyeing a majority stake in a Hong Kong newspaper, the South China Morning Post. Ma, along with Alibaba, has a history of media acquisitions, including eBusiness Review, Huxiu, China Business Network, and more. Ma...

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) have lost 27 percent over the past 52 weeks. An ongoing concern among investors is Alibaba's initiatives (or lack thereof) of cracking down on counterfeit goods sold on its platform. Alibaba's founder and chairman, Jack Ma, said...

Granted, the earnings bar was set low. The stock is still in the doldrums year-to-date and much of the gains seen earlier today have evaporated, but shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) are higher by about 3 percent at this writing. The Chinese e-commerce giant reported third-quarter...

Bob Peck of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey spent two weeks travelling through China; he also visited India while abroad. Peck met with management teams from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) and JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD). Peck noted national brands continue to "dominate" in China; Alibaba and...

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) appear to have stabilized for the moment at around $75 after dropping to a new all-time low of $71.03 following a disappointing earnings report last week. The company is hoping that an announcement of a new $4 billion buyback program will help take...

Robots working alongside humans and even becoming their companions may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but Japan's SoftBank Corp (USA) (OTC: SFTBF) is planning to make such robots a reality in the very near future. The company has developed a robot called "Pepper" that it says...