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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicAlibaba Group Holding Ltd

Topic: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

China’s anti-monopoly rules risk disaster as it goes after tech giants like Alibaba

Beijing needs to put away the broad brush and use more finesse in tackling market dominance by its tech giants, or risk destroying its tech-enabled social infrastructure.

Xi’s push against Jack Ma sparks new threat for China’s tech giants

Beijing’s pursuit of Ant Group plays directly into the hands of China’s biggest critics in Washington. US authorities are now debating whether to ban investments in Alibaba & Tencent.

Ant, Yukos and the warning to rebel billionaires

Similarities between Yukos debacle in Russia & China's crackdown on Alibaba are striking — 2 political systems led by strongmen with penchant for cutting hubristic entrepreneurs to size.

Tata set to buy 80% of BigBasket as race to dominate India’s online grocery heats up

While JioMart is seeking to shake up industry dominated by Amazon & Flipkart, Tata is seeking potential acquisitions to narrow gap with rivals.

A peek into Alibaba’s secret 3-year Xunxi experiment — reinventing the factory

Alibaba’s smart factory is an attempt at leveraging its consumer data & tech to help multi-trillion-dollar manufacturing arena improving efficiency & meet consumer expectations.

What could go wrong for Jack Ma’s record breaking Ant IPO

Ant Group stopped taking orders from big investors a day earlier than planned due to great demand. But a smash-hit IPO doesn’t always translate into a long-term winner for investors.

Alibaba helps Asia’s malls go online after coronavirus kills retail

The first shopping center to create a virtual replica of a mall — Marina Square — is taking more than 30 tenants online with Lazada, the Southeast Asian unit of Alibaba.

Alibaba’s Jack Ma confirmed as member of China’s Communist Party

Jack Ma, China's richest man, was listed among 100 people being recognized by the Communist Party of China for their contributions to the country.

Google plans China comeback after being missing in action for ten years

Google's co-founder Sergey Brin had defended Google’s pull-out from China in 2010 citing it was better to leave than compromise. 

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.