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China’s MIIT halts cybersecurity deal with Alibaba Cloud

According to state-backed media reports, Alibaba Cloud Computing’s information-sharing partnership was put to an end on Wednesday by Chinese watchdogs, following allegations of neglecting to report and tackle a cyber threat. The 21st Century Business Herald reported that the subsidiary of the e-commerce giant failed to promptly report weaknesses in the famous, open course logging […]

Alibaba assures investors with 2030 Climate Agenda

E-commerce giant Alibaba eased its financial backers during its annual Investors’ Day on Friday as the company maintained its rise and is seeking to explore operational environmental sustainability goals by 2030. Over the past year, the Chinese titan has been fighting off a bundle of challenges directed at it, be it regulatory or in-house challenges, […]

Alibaba appoints new CFO, reshuffles e-commerce businesses

China’s largest e-commerce group Alibaba said Monday it is appointing a new chief financial officer and reorganizing its e-commerce businesses amid a regulatory crackdown in the technology industry. The company said in a statement Monday that Toby Xu will succeed Maggie Wu as its new CFO from April 1, 2022. Xu joined Alibaba from PricewaterhouseCoopers […]

China tells Alibaba, Baidu cloud units to prevent telecoms fraud

The cyberspace administration and police department related to China’s industry ministry said on Tuesday, it had summoned the cloud units of both Alibaba and Baidu Inc. urging them to better prevent telecom network fraud. according to a report in Reuters quoting the country’s industry ministry sources. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) cybersecurity […]

Alibaba shares drop as rivals’ rise, warns from consumer spree shift

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group’s shares plummeted on Thursday in both New York and Hong Kong listings by more than 10 percent, following the giant’s drastic cut in sales, led by slow growth in China’s consumer spending.  Following the quarterly results, Alibaba revealed expectations of reaching a 20 to 30 percent rise in sales in the […]

Alibaba sells 5% stake in media asset

In a regulatory maneuver to reel in Alibaba, the Chinese government asked the retail giant to submit some of its recently owned media assets, resulting in the company disposing of its 5 percent stake in its Chinese broadcaster, Mango Excellent Media Co Ltd. In March, following a thorough investigation into the tech giant’s media assets, […]

Alibaba under attack despite firing manager accused of sexual assault

China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, fired a manager on Monday after being accused of sexual assault, forcing the company to establish legal rules to ensure an incident like this won’t happen again.  Days before the issue surfaced, the female employee who was the victim of the sexual assault posted an 11-page account on Alibaba’s private network, noting that not only did the manager sexually assault […]

Alibaba fires manager over suspected sexual assault

China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba, said Monday it fired a manager accused of sexual assault and pledged to strengthen its anti-sexual harassment policy, after a female employee accused the company of suppressing her report of the assault. The unidentified female employee went public Saturday with an internal post detailing the alleged sexual assault by her […]

Alibaba to invest $1 bil in APAC, launches e-commerce livestreaming platform

Alibaba Group’s cloud operator has announced plans to invest an initial $1 billion supporting talent and start-ups across the Asia Pacific region over the next three years. Alibaba Cloud, also plans to launch its first data center in the Philippines by end-2021, deploy an innovation center in Malaysia, and officially launch its third data center […]

Alibaba fined $2.8 billion on competition charge in China

Alibaba Group, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, was fined 18.3 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) by Chinese regulators on Saturday for anti-competitive tactics, as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over fast-growing tech industries. Party leaders worry about the dominance of China’s biggest internet companies, which are expanding into finance, health services and other sensitive areas. […]