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China’s food-delivery price war sees Meituan, Alibaba, JD.com incur $14B in costs across two quarters Alibaba

China’s food-delivery price war sees Meituan, Alibaba, JD.com incur $14B in costs across two quarters

Heavy subsidy spending in China’s food-delivery battle led Meituan to report a 19.8 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) operating loss in the third quarter of 2025, its largest since listing. Alibaba’s operating profit fell from 35.2 billion yuan to 5.4 billion yuan ($4.9 billion to $0.75 billion), while JD.com recorded a…
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December 1, 2025
Alibaba and ByteDance are moving AI training offshore to bypass China chip bans Alibaba

Alibaba and ByteDance are moving AI training offshore to bypass China chip bans

Alibaba and ByteDance are among the companies routing training jobs for their latest large language models to data centers in countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, according to The Financial Times, citing people with direct knowledge of the deployments. These sources say there has been a steady shift toward offshore...Read…
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November 30, 2025
Analyst Predicts XRP Price Will Hit $100 Before Bitcoin Hits $1 Million Alibaba

Analyst Predicts XRP Price Will Hit $100 Before Bitcoin Hits $1 Million

A crypto analyst has issued a decisive projection that challenges the long timelines often associated with major price milestones for Bitcoin. His outlook was presented in response to the ultra-bullish forecasts from Michael Saylor and Jack Mallers, who have spoken openly about the possibility of Bitcoin reaching between $1 million…
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November 27, 2025
US startups adopt Chinese AI models for performance and cost gains Alibaba

US startups adopt Chinese AI models for performance and cost gains

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky disclosed in October 2025 that the company relies heavily on Alibaba’s Qwen, calling it “very good, fast and cheap” 16-24% of US AI startups now use Chinese open-source models according to a16z data, representing 80% of startups deploying open-source solutions. Qwen won Alpha Arena trading competition…
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November 27, 2025
Pick a side: JPMorgan opens leveraged Bitcoin access to retail while closing crypto CEO’s account Alibaba

Pick a side: JPMorgan opens leveraged Bitcoin access to retail while closing crypto CEO’s account

Market chop aside, Wall Street is rolling out Bitcoin (BTC) exposure to advisors through structured notes and ETF-collateralized lending. The bank simultaneously faces debanking blowback after Strike CEO Jack Mallers said his personal Chase accounts were shut. The juxtaposition spotlights institutionalization for clients versus risk-control for crypto-native principals. On one…
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November 27, 2025
White House accuses internet giant Alibaba of helping the Chinese military to target America Alibaba

White House accuses internet giant Alibaba of helping the Chinese military to target America

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November 15, 2025