Alibaba boom, Wal-Mart double speed

The Chinese giant of online sales recorded record accounts in the second quarter, while the US Wal-Mart, the world's leading chain of stores by turnover, is struggling, recording slightly increased revenues but a negative profit.
Verizon buys Yahoo! with 350mln discount

The news was reported by the Wall Street Journal, according to which the price of the operation, originally equal to 4,83 billion dollars, would have dropped by 350 million. A “discount” applied due to the many difficulties experienced by Yahoo after…
THE 5 TOP NEWS OF THE DAY

Stock exchanges are flat but cyberespionage and some news from the US are holding the scene, such as the meeting between Trump and Alibaba and the change of Yahoo's name. Without forgetting the umpteenth twist in the 5 Star house.
Trump-China, Alibaba: 1 million jobs in the US

The new American president had a surprise meeting with the number one of the e-commerce giant and the conversation could mark a turning point in relations between the incoming US administration and China - The question also concerns the particular interests of the family...
IPO boom: +35% in 2014, collections +50%

All of the new listed companies recorded a better performance than that of the main indexes on the planet, producing an average return of 17,1%, against +12,3% of the major stock exchanges - The most active sectors were those of health dear, of the technology…
China: green light to Alibaba Bank

The Chinese e-commerce giant will be the majority shareholder with 30% of the capital of the new institution - Other shareholders will be the private conglomerate Fosun (with 25%), the automotive supplier Wanxiang (18%) and the investment company Yintai (16%).
Alibaba to super-IPO in New York

According to analysts' forecasts, the largest Chinese e-commerce company will thus give rise to one of the largest IPOs in history - At first, the giant had speculated on a listing in Hong Kong, but then abandoned the idea because the…
Alibaba sets its sights on Yahoo!

The Chinese online commerce giant is ready to redeem its shares and propose the purchase of the Californian multinational which does not seem to be able to withstand the fierce competition from Google and Facebook.