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Jack Ma in a black jacket and Masayoshi Son in a gray suit.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Is Giving Up On Jack Ma’s Alibaba

SoftBank has reduced its ownership in Alibaba to less than 4 percent from 25 percent in less than a year.
By Sissi Cao
Jack Ma in a white shirt.

Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Breaks Up As Founder Jack Ma Returns to China

Jack Ma's return to China sparks hopes for an easier regulatory environment for the country's tech companies.
By Sissi Cao
Alibaba founder Jack Ma

Alibaba’s Jack Ma Has Been Secretly Living in Japan After China’s Crackdown

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has been living in Tokyo for the past six months, reports say. The Chinese billionaire largely disappeared from the public eye in late 2020 following his clash with Chinese authorities.
By Sissi Cao
The Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange

Chinese Tech Stocks Are Having A Historically Terrible Week

By Sissi Cao
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son’s instincts have been questioned lately, with billions of dollars from SoftBank’s Vision Fund being poured into tech unicorns that have suffered recent setbacks.

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Isn’t Done Investing: ‘It’s Fun—I Cannot Stop’

By Gabriela Barkho
Hundreds of basketball fans gather to show support of the Houston Rockets general manager, Daryl Morey, and NBA commissioner Adam Silver, on October 15, 2019 in Hong Kong, China.

Inside the NBA Debacle: When Knee-Jerk Patriotism Meets Calculating Capitalism

By Chiu-Ti Jansen
Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Tesla CEO Elon Musk meet in Shanghai, China on August 29.

Debate on AI: Elon Musk and Jack Ma Can’t Agree on Anything—Except This

By Sissi Cao
Amazon Fulfillment Center

The Four Pillars of New Retail

By Brittain Ladd

Could Trump’s Trade War Crush Chinese Tech Founders’ Dreams of US IPOs?

By Sissi Cao
Kroger

Ocado CEO Tim Steiner Believes Kroger Will Be America’s E-Commerce Leader—He’s Wrong

By Brittain Ladd
Kroger

Will the Next CEO of Kroger Come From a Retailer That Just Opened Its 15,000th Store?

By Brittain Ladd
A protester wears a shirt displaying the logo of smartphone ride service Uber during by a protest.

Strikes and Protests: What Does Uber’s IPO Actually Mean for Its Drivers?

By Sam Blum

Amazon’s Hindered International Presence Is Affecting Its Growth, Q1 Earnings Show

By Gabriela Barkho

Jack Ma Dismisses Europe’s Tech Privacy Concerns as ‘Worries Caused by Worry’

By Sissi Cao
Alibaba founder Jack Ma (R) and Tencent founder Pony Ma at the 40th Anniversary of "Reform and Opening Up" ceremony on December 18, 2018 in Beijing.

China’s Communist Party Puts Tech Moguls on a Pedestal—But One Man Is Notably Missing

By Sissi Cao
Trump and Jack Ma

Jack Ma, China’s Richest Man, Turns His Back on Trump Amid Trade War

By Sissi Cao
Jack Ma dancing to Michael Jackson songs

The 4 Most Unusual Pursuits of Jack Ma, Alibaba’s Outgoing Chairman

By Sissi Cao

Walmart’s Move Into India’s E-Commerce Sector Could Pose a Serious Threat to Amazon

By Sissi Cao
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (R) and Tencent founder Pony Ma (L) talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) at the main campus of Microsoft Corp. September 23, 2015 in Redmond, Washington.

The Fastest Way to Become a Billionaire: Start an Internet Company in China

By Sissi Cao
How defined is your digital trail?

America Isn’t Far Off From China’s ‘Social Credit Score’

By Anthony Davenport
Disney has a long and winding history in the China market.

Alibaba Will Stream Disney Content in China, But All Could Break in Months

By Sissi Cao
Will the artificially intelligent robot from Ex Machina become a reality?

Alibaba, Microsoft AI Programs Beat Humans on Reading Comprehension Test

By John Bonazzo
Masayoshi Son named his company SoftBank to illustrate the idea of "a bank of software."

How SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Upended Global Tech in 2017

By Sissi Cao
Huateng "Pony" Ma, founder and CEO of Tencent.

Tencent CEO Pony Ma’s Goal Is the Opposite of a Monopoly

By Sissi Cao
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