Alibaba shares dip 3% in premarket after earnings miss expectations despite cloud acceleration

Alibaba shares dip 3% in premarket after earnings miss expectations despite cloud acceleration

Signage at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba missed top and bottom line expectations for the June quarter of 2024 as it continues to face headwinds in its core e-commerce business amid rising competition and a cautious Chinese consumer. … Read more

China’s exporters enjoyed the benefits of a weak yuan. Now that’s changing and cutting into profits

China’s exporters enjoyed the benefits of a weak yuan. Now that’s changing and cutting into profits

A bank employee count China’s renminbi (RMB) or yuan notes next to U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023. Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese companies seeking growth from exports face a new challenge: a strengthening yuan. The “offshore” yuan traded in Hong Kong surged Monday against the U.S. … Read more

Temu, Shein soaring popularity could hit Amazon, Meta, eBay earnings

Temu, Shein soaring popularity could hit Amazon, Meta, eBay earnings

In just 17 days after launch, Temu surpassed Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Shein on the Apple App Store in the U.S., according to Apptopia data shared with CNBC. Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Temu and Shein have exploded in the U.S. by going on an online marketing blitz and offering consumers inexpensive goods … Read more

China’s 618 e-commerce festival sees a decline in sales for the first time in 8 years

China’s 618 e-commerce festival sees a decline in sales for the first time in 8 years

A Chinese shopper buys goods online in Zhoushan city, East China’s Zhejiang province, June 18, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s annual 618 mid-year e-commerce festival saw sales drop for the first time in 8 years, according to retail data provider Syntun, signaling consumption recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy was still … Read more

Temu parent PDD takes Alibaba spot as China’s most valuable e-commerce firm

Temu parent PDD takes Alibaba spot as China’s most valuable e-commerce firm

Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has been behind its rivals Alibaba and JD.com when it comes to international expansion. Now Pinduoduo has launched a U.S. e-commerce site called Temu. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images PDD’s value-for-money positioning and growth of its Temu marketplace has helped the tech giant lead China’s e-commerce … Read more

Alibaba’s global arm signs David Beckham as international e-commerce brand ambassador

Alibaba’s global arm signs David Beckham as international e-commerce brand ambassador

Alibaba’s international e-commerce platform AliExpress is a UEFA Euro 2024 sponsor and has signed David Beckham as its global brand ambassador. AliExpress BEIJING — Soccer star David Beckham will promote Alibaba‘s international e-commerce platform, AliExpress, in its biggest global brand ambassador partnership to date, the business unit announced Monday. The deal comes against the backdrop … Read more

China’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ gets new ETF

China’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ gets new ETF

Roundhill Investments wants to mimic the success of its Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) in China. The firm’s CEO Dave Mazza plans to launch the Lucky Eight ETF, which aims to be China’s answer to the success of Wall Street’s big tech stocks. “There’s a lot of question marks about the Chinese economy and the potential … Read more

Alibaba founder Jack Ma re-emerges with praise of ‘transformations’

Alibaba founder Jack Ma re-emerges with praise of ‘transformations’

Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, reappeared in the public view in China for the first time in months. Alibaba then announced a huge reorganization of its business. Experts see the move as a signal that the Chinese government is softening its stance toward tech giants after a crackdown that began in late 2020. Jean Chung … Read more

Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia’s billionaire capital for first time

Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia’s billionaire capital for first time

With 92 billionaires, Mumbai ranks third behind New York and London, but ahead of Beijing, and Shanghai. Tuul & Bruno Morandi | The Image Bank | Getty Images Move over, Beijing. Mumbai is now the Asian capital with the most number of billionaires, according to Hurun Research Institute’s global rich list.  This is the first … Read more

Nvidia stomps the bears. Jim Cramer on struggling stocks Starbucks, Abbott

Nvidia stomps the bears. Jim Cramer on struggling stocks Starbucks, Abbott

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Markets rebound as Nvidia goes green: … Read more