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Ant Group's $6 billion buyback signals post-China crackdown rebound
China slapped over $1 billion in regulatory fines against financial companies, including Jack Ma's tech giant, Ant Group. However, investors bet China’s tech crackdown is over; Alibaba and Tencent shares rise.
With Jack Ma stepping back from Ant, is China’s war on tech giants over?
With Ant Group distancing itself from Ma and Alibaba, it should face fewer regulatory hurdles, however, China and Hong Kong’s listing requirements might delay the the much-awaited IPO till at least 2024.
Jack Ma gives up control of fintech giant Ant Group
As Alipay becomes one of the top e-payment channels in the Chinese mainland and seeks overseas expansion, Ma is stepping further away from the business empire he created decades ago.
Alibaba cuts marketing spend as it reports first flat revenue growth
Softness in Chinese commerce business offset by growth in cloud computing unit.
Alibaba posts slowest quarterly growth on record, will review marketing spend
Losses increased because of decline in value of investments in publicly-traded companies; backing for newer businesses such as Taocaicai and Taobao Deals; and the continued impact of Covid.
Steep profit decline, muted forecast clouds Alibaba Q3 earnings
Chinese technology giant reports heaviest profit decline in five years and slowest revenue growth since it listed in 2014.
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