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Alibaba’s Jack Ma, China’s richest man, to retire from company he co-founded — The New York Times

Mr. Ma is retiring as China’s business environment has soured, with Beijing and state-owned enterprises increasingly playing more interventionist roles with companies, writes Li...

China’s Alibaba, Tencent bar cryptocurrency transactions on WeChat Pay, AliPay — Fortune

In a move that will likely make it even harder for cryptocurrency aficionados to trade Bitcoin and its ilk in China, the mobile payments...

Jack Ma to donate $10 million to establish Africa Entrepreneur prize

Alibaba Group founder and executive chairman Jack Ma has launched the Jack Ma Foundation ‘Netpreneur’ Prize, a program created to support and fund African entrepreneurs.  

Alibaba Cloud, MDEC launch Malaysia City Brain initiative for smart governance

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, has launched the Malaysia City Brain initiative, in collaboration with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation and Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur.

Kneron raises $10 million

Kneron, an artificial intelligence startup , has completed a series A financing of $10 million.