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Alibaba founder Jack Ma looking to increase holdings in media sector, reportedly seeks stake in magazine Caixin

Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is in talks to buy an undisclosed stake in… Read More

Alibaba raising $4 billion for acquisitions — or possibly to buy back Yahoo’s stake

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant and Amazon rival, is seeking a loan of as much as $4 billion from at… Read More

Amazon to compete with Fedex, UPS and Alibaba with secret ‘Dragon Boat’ plan, report says

Despite Amazon’s dismissal of the speculation that the company plans to compete directly with UPS and Fedex, Bloomberg says it… Read More

Alibaba leads Magic Leap’s new $793.5M funding round at $4.5 billion valuation

Magic Leap hasn’t released a consumer version of its augmented reality tech. It hasn’t released a developer unit. It hasn’t… Read More

Alibaba partners with Disney for on-demand streaming service in China

Alibaba and Disney are teaming up for a new streaming service in China. The Chinese e-commerce giant announced a multi-year deal with… Read More

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires South China Morning Post

Perhaps Jeff Bezos started a trend two years ago when the Amazon founder acquired the Washington Post. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba… Read More

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China Diary: Catching up with GeekWire’s Taylor Soper in Beijing

GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper is in the second week of his reporting trip to China, where he has been meeting with… Read More

Alibaba founder Jack Ma: Being an entrepreneur isn’t about making money

HANGZHOU, China — To produce more entrepreneurs that help build innovative companies, Jack Ma says we should rethink how young students… Read More

Alibaba breaks record with $14.3 billion in Singles’ Day sales, up 60% from last year

It was another lucrative Singles’ Day for Alibaba. The Chinese tech giant broke its own sales record on Nov. 11,… Read More

Singles’ Day from Alibaba HQ: Employees pitch tents to prepare for huge online shopping event

HANGZHOU, China — Spend a few minutes walking around Alibaba’s main campus, and it’s pretty clear that something important is going… Read More

Alibaba founder Jack Ma tells U.S. college basketball players in China to embrace failure

HANGZHOU, China — Alibaba, athletics, and American universities came together on Tuesday in China at the headquarters of one of… Read More

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Destination China: Why GeekWire is putting a reporter in Shanghai and Beijing for 10 days

GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper departed Seattle on his way to China earlier today, preparing to spend the next 10 days reporting from… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg wears a suit, Jeff Bezos is best-dressed at meeting with China president

Many of the world’s top technology CEOs were looking fancy and fresh at Microsoft’s headquarters on Wednesday — even Mark Zuckerberg… Read More

Alibaba’s stock falls 4 percent after Barron’s predicts the Chinese company’s collapse

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce darling that exploded last year in its public market debut, is getting hammered today after a distressing… Read More

With new focus on sports, Alibaba says Pac-12 men’s hoops game in China has ‘special meaning’

More than 300 million basketball fans in China will get a taste of American collegiate hoops later this year thanks… Read More

Amazon regains title of most valuable e-commerce company after Alibaba stumbles

Amazon is once again the world’s most valuable e-commerce company, a position it previously had lost to Alibaba last fall after… Read More

Alibaba hires former Goldman exec as president to woo U.S. and European brands to China

Alibaba has hired Michael Evans, a former Goldman Sachs partner and Canadian Olympic gold medalist, to the position of president, heading… Read More

Alibaba and others back Amazon rival Snapdeal to enter India’s growing e-commerce market

Snapdeal reportedly has raised $500 million to take on one of the fastest growing e-commerce markets in the world. The company, which… Read More

Alibaba to invest $1B in cloud computing, with the crazy goal of overtaking Amazon in four years

Alibaba, the Chinese tech conglomerate that has gone out of its way to not challenge Amazon’s e-commerce business in the U.S., said… Read More

Everything you need to know about eBay and PayPal’s split — and how it impacts Amazon

In just a couple of weeks, eBay and PayPal will no longer be bound together at the hip, ending a 13-year… Read More

Alibaba gives up on Amazon rival after a year, sells 11 Main to New York’s OpenSky

Alibaba has made it clear how it wants to enter the U.S., and it’s not doing it by going head-to-head… Read More

SoftBank’s super-cute robot Pepper on sale in Japan

Have you seen Pepper yet? SoftBank’s uber-adorable robot, that is about 4 feet tall and 62 pounds, just might wheel… Read More

Watch out Walmart: Alibaba’s sales could be larger than yours this year

Alibaba is aiming to be an e-commerce powerhouse on a scale no one else can match. That was the message Alibaba’s Founder… Read More

Here’s why Alibaba is sponsoring a historic U.S. college hoops game in China

A historic basketball game will be played in China this November and Chinese e-commerce retail giant Alibaba Group is helping… Read More

Zulily shares soar after Alibaba discloses 9.3 percent stake

Shares of Zulily are soaring Monday morning after Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba disclosed a 9.3 percent stake in the company.… Read More

Alibaba takes big stake in battered e-commerce retailer Zulily

Alibaba, the giant Chinese e-commerce retailer, has taken a large equity stake in Seattle-based Zulily, according to SEC filings. “We… Read More

Alibaba shares hit all-time low after implementing hiring freeze

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is implementing a hiring freeze, saying it grew too quickly over the past year. “Alibaba has really developed too quickly,”… Read More

Alibaba VP John Spelich leaves company, lands in Seattle while planning next move

One of Alibaba’s top executives, who led the effort to sign up international brands to its Chinese marketplaces, has left the company.… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for ‘Newcomer of the Year’

There are tons of tech companies and groups setting up shop in the Seattle area these days. Tech giants from Silicon… Read More

China’s Alibaba reportedly investing $200M in Snapchat at a $15B valuation

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is reportedly interested in investing $200 million in Snapchat, which allows people to send photos knowing that… Read More