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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is known for extravagant events and displays. Every year, the company holds an event called “Ali Day” to celebrate its employees and their families. The day features a lavish mass wedding celebration, presided over by founde…

SINGAPORE: Burnout has been recognised as an occupational phenomenon with an expanded definition by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which met at the annual World Health Assembly in Geneva earlier this week. Numerous research and clinical studies have sh…

Franklin Chu, managing director, Azoya International On April 25th, the U.S. Trade Representatives Office placed Pinduoduo, China’s third-largest ecommerce platform, on its blacklist of notorious marketplaces that fail to curb the sale of counterfeit product…

Clean PowerPublished on May 30th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill 0 May 30th, 2019 by Joshua S Hill  The European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures chaired by Bill Gates, announced Wednesday the establishment of a new 100…

New Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe fund aims to bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market European businesses working on cleantech solutions could soon receive an investment boost, thanks to a €100m investment fund launched yesterday b…

This article first appeared in Data Sheet, Fortunes daily newsletter on the top tech news. To get it delivered daily to your in-box, sign up here. Clay Chandler here, filling in for Adam from rainy Hong Kong where everybody is buzzing about Alibaba. As we b…

IF YOU WANT to understand how cooling relations between America and China are changing global business, a good place to look is Alibaba, an internet giant. It is Chinas most admired and valuable firm, worth a cool $400bn. For the past five years it has also b…

One of the companies in Breakthrough Energy Ventures portfolio is Swedens Baseload Capital, which invests in geothermal facilities including Varmaorka in Iceland. (Photo Courtesy of Baseload Capital) Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the officia…

HONG KONG: Alibaba is considering raising as much as US$20 billion through a listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, lining up a second blockbuster deal following its 2014 record US$25 billion float in New York. The deal, the bigg…

Company is aiming to file an application in Hong Kong as early as the second half of 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS HONG KONG: Alibaba is considering raising $20 billion through a listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, lining up a second …