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Amazon.com Inc To Shut China Online Store

Business | Thomson Reuters | Thursday April 18, 2019

The move underscores how entrenched, home-grown e-commerce rivals have made it difficult for Amazon's marketplace to gain traction in China.

"I'd Rather Be Truthful Than Correct": Jack Ma Defends Extreme Overtime

World News | Lulu Yilun Chen, Bloomberg | Monday April 15, 2019

Billionaire Jack Ma again encouraged tech workers to embrace the industry's extreme-overtime culture, defying a growing social media backlash.

JD.com Boss Richard Liu Criticises 'Slackers' as Company Makes Cuts

Reuters | Saturday April 13, 2019

Richard Liu, the founder of JD.com, has weighed in on an ongoing debate about the Chinese tech industry's gruelling overtime work culture.

Alibaba Founder Defends Overtime Work Culture as 'Huge Blessing'

Reuters | Friday April 12, 2019

Jack Ma in remarks posted on the company's WeChat account said, "I personally think that being able to work 996 is a huge blessing."

Alibaba Creates 'Video Fingerprints' to Fight Piracy

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday April 10, 2019

Alibaba's security lab has created 'fingerprints' for all original videos on Taobao and Tmall, said He Yuan, a senior algorithm expert at the lab.

Rare Overtime Protest by China Tech Workers Goes Viral

Reuters | Friday April 5, 2019

The posts on Microsoft's GitHub and other programming tools have gone viral amid large-scale layoffs in the sector.

Lyft Valued at $24.3 Billion in First Ride-Hailing IPO

Reuters | Friday March 29, 2019

Lyft's IPO sets the stage for the stock market debut of larger rival Uber, which Reuters has reported will kick off in April.

Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang Rules Out Layoffs This Year

Reuters | Friday February 22, 2019

Alibaba Group Holding expects to avoid layoffs this year despite China's economic slowdown, CEO Daniel Zhang said on Friday.

Alibaba Said to Be the Force Behind Hit Chinese Communist Party App

Reuters | Monday February 18, 2019

Alibaba declined to comment on whether the business unit had developed the app.

How Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma Plans To Milk Amazon's India Distress

Business | Saritha Rai, Bloomberg | Friday February 15, 2019

The founder of Paytm Mall operator Paytm E-commerce Pvt, an affiliate of India's largest digital payments provider, spoke in an interview this week about how his business stands to gain.

Food Delivery Firm Swiggy To Supply Home Essentials

Business | Thomson Reuters | Tuesday February 12, 2019

Swiggy has tied up with stores to deliver fruits and vegetables, baby care items and health products, it said in a statement.

Reliance Industries Can Gain Significant Share In Retail, E-Commerce: UBS

Business | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday January 24, 2019

UBS said Reliance Industries can become a market leader in telecom and media, while gaining a significant share in retail/e-commerce.

At Alibaba's Futuristic FlyZoo Hotel, Robots Deliver Towels and Mix Cocktails

Reuters | Wednesday January 23, 2019

The 290-room FlyZoo hotel is an incubator for technology Alibaba wants to sell to the hotel industry in the future.

At Alibaba's Futuristic Hotel, Robots Deliver Towels And Mix Cocktails

World News | Reuters | Tuesday January 22, 2019

Gliding silently through Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's futuristic "FlyZoo" hotel, black disc-shaped robots about a metre in height deliver food and drop off fresh towels.

China's Billions Are Powering Latin America's Tech Boom

Daniela Guzman, Bloomberg | Tuesday January 15, 2019

Technology giants in China want to get in on the ground floor in Latin America's tech explosion, and are showing up with cash.