Alibaba (BABA) scraps Cainiao IPO, offers full ownership

Alibaba (BABA) scraps Cainiao IPO, offers full ownership

The Alibaba Group company logo is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on February 14, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Alibaba on Tuesday said it was scrapping a planned initial public offering for its smart logistics unit Cainiao, adding to recent woes … Read more

China is making it much easier for foreigners to use mobile pay

China is making it much easier for foreigners to use mobile pay

Scanning QR codes with a mobile pay app has become the most common way to pay in mainland China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Foreign visitors to China can now spend up to $2,000 a year using the mobile app Alipay without having to register their ID, the app operator said Friday. … Read more

India’s booming tech sector takes a major blow with Byju’s, Paytm crises

India’s booming tech sector takes a major blow with Byju’s, Paytm crises

Workers inspect smart phone components at the visual inspection area of the surface mount technology workshop inside the Realme factory in Greater Noida, India: Anindito Mukerjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anindito Mukerjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s booming tech sector has suffered a major blow as startup darlings Byju’s and Paytm plunge into … Read more

Singapore’s Sea Limited posts first profitable year

Singapore’s Sea Limited posts first profitable year

MariBank, Singapore tech giant Sea Group’s digital bank, has launched in Singapore to select members of the public as it rolls out its services progressively. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Southeast Asian tech giant Sea Limited on Monday posted its first profitable year amid efforts to defend market share against … Read more

IQiyi posts first year of profits and says it’s ‘excited’ about Sora

IQiyi posts first year of profits and says it’s ‘excited’ about Sora

A view of iQiyi’s website featuring a variety TV show, taken on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese video content and streaming company iQiyi CFO Wang Jun said he is “excited” about potential new business opportunities with the emergence of OpenAI’s text-to-video tool Sora. Speaking exclusively to CNBC … Read more

Alibaba Cloud slashes prices by as much as 55% to fuel AI growth in China

Alibaba Cloud slashes prices by as much as 55% to fuel AI growth in China

Signage at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. booth at the Smart China Expo in Chongqing, China, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba‘s cloud business on Thursday said it is cutting prices on a wide range of core cloud products by as much as 55%, in a bid to … Read more

Americans’ mood on the economy sinks

Americans’ mood on the economy sinks

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with workers while visiting CS Wind, the largest wind tower manufacturer in the world, in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S., November 29, 2023.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to … Read more

Americans sour on the economy

Americans sour on the economy

US President Joe Biden speaks to employees at the CS Wind America Inc on November 29, 2023 in Pueblo, Colorado.  Helen H. Richardson | The Denver Post | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to … Read more

Augmented reality glasses with AI voice assistant

Augmented reality glasses with AI voice assistant

The Oppo Air Glass 3 is a prototype set of augmented reality (AR) glasses with a voice assistant. Oppo BARCELONA – Oppo on Monday unveiled a prototype set of augmented reality (AR) glasses with a voice assistant, underscoring how electronics giants are trying to infuse artificial intelligence across their products to stand out. Oppo, a … Read more

After doubts about Alibaba’s future, co-founder Joe Tsai says: ‘We’re back’

After doubts about Alibaba’s future, co-founder Joe Tsai says: ‘We’re back’

Trader works at the post where Alibaba is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is back on track to be a top market player after a period of pressure, co-founder Joe Tsai … Read more