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  • Made in China: Can China build an Apple or Ikea?

    China still doesn't have a truly mammoth, global brand. No Apple. No Samsung. No Ikea.

  • Can Chinese social media shift its revenue model?
    Can Chinese social media shift its revenue model?   

    Duncan Clark, managing director at BDA China, comments on social media in China following the announcement of a deal between Sina's Weibo and Alibaba.

  • Summertime, and the consumer spending ain't easy

    Most U.S. economic indicators are rosy, but consumer spending data suggest Americans are not as confident as you might expect.

  • How China goes crazy on 'Singles Day'

    China's Singles' Day had online sales of $4 billion last year, driven by the growing middle class. But the real power is Internet giant Alibaba, which co-opted the holiday to cause consumers hysteria.

  • Yahoo headquarters
    Yahoo share buyback is legal, but timing is suspect

    Daniel Loeb’s exit from Yahoo raises the question of whether he was out to create true value — or stir the pot. The New York Times reports.

  • 3 Top Chinese Tech Stocks: Pro
    Top 3 Tech Stocks Are in China: Pro

    The top technology plays around aren't in the United States, Light Street Capital Founder Glen Kacher says.

  • Is Alibaba Preparing for an IPO?
    Is Alibaba Preparing for an IPO?   

    Eric Qiu, analyst at Guosen Securities, says the change of CEO at Alibaba opens the dorr for an IPO in 2014 that could reach as high a value as Facebook did.

  • Why Alibaba Could Be China’s Next $100 Billion IPO

    Sooner or later, Alibaba's founder, Jack Ma, will need to offer some kind of exit for his backers, not to mention employees, and an initial public offering is the most likely solution

  • Can Silicon Dragon Really Rival Silicon Valley?

    Chinese entrepreneurs are taking fewer cues from Silicon valley as they develop their own indigenous businesses.

  • Yahoo
    Invest in Yahoo for Its Asian Assets: Pros

    The focus for Yahoo investors shouldn't be CEO Marissa Mayer's turnaround efforts, but the value of its Asian assets, say analysts.

  • yahoo
    Market's Reaction to Yahoo Earnings   

    Brian Weiser, Senior Research Analyst at Pivotal Research Group, talks to us about the market's reaction to Yahoo's earnings report, and tells us how we should trade the results.

  • Alibaba.com's headquarters in Hangzhou, China
    Alibaba Group Picks Jonathan Lu as Next CEO

    Alibaba Group has chosen Jonathan Lu, its Chief Data Officer who has more than a decade of experience in executive roles, to lead China's largest e-commerce company as it prepares to launch an initial public offering.

  • 3 Possible M&A Targets for Yahoo

    Yahoo's head of acquisition let slip that the company's working on two "significant" acquisitions. What could they be?

  • Early Movers: RIG, LVS, YHOO & More

    Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

  • Workers distribute packs at an express company in November in Wuhan, China. Tmall.com and Taobao.com are China's biggest online shopping sites of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding.
    Startup Floats Shares on Website to Dodge China IPO Ban

    Chinese entrepreneur went around government suspension on IPO by offering his shares through a shopping website and pulled in a total of 1.2 million yuan ($192,700)

  • Jack Ma to Stand Down as Alibaba CEO, Take Back Seat

    One of China's best known corporate leaders, Jack Ma, will step down as CEO of Alibaba Group, the e-commerce firm he founded in 1999 to tap the nation's enormous online shopping potential, saying younger people are better placed to run the company.

  • Student in front of an online Taobao shop.
    US Drops China's Taobao Website From 'Notorious' List

    The United States on Thursday dropped a website owned by China's largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, from its annual list of the world's most "notorious markets" for sales of pirated and counterfeit goods.

  • Student in front of an online Taobao shop.
    Move Over Amazon, Here Comes a China Juggernaut

    Millions of Chinese shoppers are turning to the web, fueling a booming $64 billion e-commerce market, as a local player gets set to overtake Amazon as the world's biggest online retailer by 2016.