Currys shares plunge after U.S. investor Elliott pulls out of takeover race

A Currys Plc store on Oxford Street in central London, UK, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Elliott Investment Management said Monday it had decided not to make another takeover bid for British electrical retailer Currys after repeatedly being rejected. Shares of Currys were down 10% in early … Read more

China’s livestream shopping booms, fueling new tech like avatars and AI

HAIAN, CHINA – NOVEMBER 7, 2023 – A crab farmer sells crabs via a live webcast at Xinhai village in Haian city, Jiangsu province, China, Nov 7, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Livestream shopping is taking off in China, driving development of new tech products … Read more

Pinduoduo transaction revenue up 315% as Chinese consumers hunt for bargains

Chinese flag waving in front of Shanghai cityscape. Eternity in an Instant | Stone | Getty Images Consumers in China are hunting for bargains when they spend, the latest earnings from online retailers show. Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo posted 94% growth in third-quarter revenue, far outpacing Alibaba’s 9% growth during the same period. Pinduoduo, known for … Read more

Apple’s iPhone 15 launches in China with people flocking to stores

Hundreds of people lined up at a flagship Apple store in Beijing to pick up the new iPhone 15 when deliveries began on Friday. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — People flocked to a flagship Apple store in downtown Beijing on Friday morning to pick up the latest iPhone, despite market worries that nationalistic fervor … Read more

Who’s Alibaba’s new CEO Eddie Wu and chairman Joe Tsai?

Alibaba introduced a serious management reshuffle on Tuesday, with CEO and Chairman Daniel Zhang planning to step down this 12 months and get replaced by veterans on the Chinese language tech large. Eddie Yongming Wu will step in as CEO, whereas Joe Tsai will take over as chairman on Sept. 10. The 2 executives are … Read more

Dangle Seng in bear market territory as China reopening optimism fades

Folks sporting face masks crossing a avenue at Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district on Feb. 16, 2021. Zhang Wei | China Information Service | Getty Photographs Hong Kong’s benchmark index entered bear market territory Wednesday on an intraday foundation, erasing the rebound good points from China’s reopening. The Dangle Seng index hit a session low … Read more

Alibaba plans to record cloud division as quarterly income misses expectations

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of Alibaba, unveiled its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen through the 2023 Alibaba Cloud Summit on Tuesday morning. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Photos Alibaba introduced plans to spin off its cloud division as a separate, publicly traded firm, whereas the Chinese language e-commerce titan’s quarterly income missed expectations. “We’re taking … Read more