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Alibaba Drops After Beijing Puts 618 Subsidies in the Spotlight

Alibaba Drops After Beijing Puts 618 Subsidies in the Spotlight

Alibaba Group Holding shares dropped again Thursday after China’s market regulator used what’s usually a standard shopping season check-in to call out Taobao and Tmall over 6.18 discount claims. The warning came as Alibaba’s New York shares were already falling. Alibaba’s Hong Kong stock slid 5.4%. JD.com shares lost 2.9%, the Financial Times said. The Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation said it called in Taobao/Tmall, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Douyin and Xiaohongshu over what it described as “involution-style” competition, meaning aggressive price battles that don’t add long-term value. The regulator found issues such as false promotion, unclear sales terms and missing info on merchants, and ordered the platforms to fix them.
China Closes Retail Access to Overseas Stocks

China Closes Retail Access to Overseas Stocks

China has shut down a major channel for retail traders to buy overseas stocks. BEIJING, May 22, 2026, 20:00 CST China started a sweeping crackdown on illegal cross-border securities trading Friday, giving offshore brokers two years to close unlicensed services. Regulators also said they would penalize three online platforms that let mainland investors purchase assets abroad.
Alibaba Stock Jumps as Bigger AI Cloud Bet Overshadows Profit Squeeze

Alibaba Stock Jumps as Bigger AI Cloud Bet Overshadows Profit Squeeze

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is ramping up its artificial intelligence and cloud investment beyond previous plans, following a 38% surge in cloud sales that sent its U.S.-listed stock up. The Cloud Intelligence Group brought in 41.63 billion yuan in revenue. The company now expects to blow past its earlier AI investment target of up to 380 billion yuan, even while profits took a hit this period. Timing is key here. Investors are pressing China’s top internet firms on whether the AI frenzy actually translates to real profits, rather than just heftier data-center expenses. In its latest quarter, Alibaba served up both: a jump in cloud revenue tied to AI and, unusually, an operating loss.
Alibaba’s Earnings Test Is Whether AI Can Pay for the Delivery Fight

Alibaba’s Earnings Test Is Whether AI Can Pay for the Delivery Fight

Alibaba Group’s U.S.-listed American depositary receipts, the NYSE-traded proxy for the Chinese company, were quoted at $136.15 in early premarket, up 1.02%, after closing Tuesday at $134.78, down 1.84%. That is the first read on the stock today: buyers are not gone, but the chart still carries the damage from pre-earnings risk cutting. Google Finance showed Tuesday’s low at $133.82 and a 52-week high of $192.67, so the rebound starts from a bruised level, not a fresh breakout. The timing matters. Alibaba is scheduled to release March-quarter and full fiscal 2026 results on May 13, with management’s conference call set for 7:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern time. Until those numbers land, the stock is trading less on proof and more on positioning: who wants to own the print, and who would rather wait for clarity on spending.
Alibaba Stock Jumps as AI Bets Face a May 13 Earnings Test

Alibaba Stock Jumps as AI Bets Face a May 13 Earnings Test

Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s U.S.-traded shares jumped 6.6% to $141.04 on Wednesday. The move came as an AI-driven rally swept up the stock, with investors sharpening their attention on whether China’s biggest e-commerce name can leverage cloud and AI investments for quicker growth. Timing is key here. Alibaba plans to release its unaudited quarterly and annual results for the period ending March 31 ahead of the U.S. market open on May 13. The earnings call is set for 7:30 p.m. in Hong Kong.
Alibaba Stock Falls After Earnings Miss as AI Cloud Growth Fails to Offset China Price War

Alibaba Stock Falls After Earnings Miss as AI Cloud Growth Fails to Offset China Price War

Alibaba shares slipped Thursday, with the Chinese tech giant’s latest results missing Wall Street’s revenue and net income forecasts. Swift gains in cloud and AI haven’t yet mended margin pressure in the company’s main commerce segment. U.S.-listed ADRs dropped around 1.6% ahead of the open. The miss comes at a tough time for Alibaba. The company is pitching its AI push as a future growth driver, but for now, soft demand in China and costly one-hour delivery competition are squeezing the core retail business—still Alibaba's main revenue source. Over at Tencent, things looked brighter this week: stronger growth, along with plans to ramp up its own AI spending.
US stock market today: Wall Street is closed, but Big Tech’s AI spending doubts still hang over Tuesday

US stock market today: Wall Street is closed, but Big Tech’s AI spending doubts still hang over Tuesday

NEW YORK, Feb 16, 2026, 04:46 EST — Market closed. Big tech stocks have taken a hit this year, with investors uneasy about whether AI investments will actually pay off. Microsoft shares have slid roughly 17% since January, Amazon is off almost 14%. That drop has erased around $956 billion from their total market value by Friday’s close, according to Reuters.
AI stocks climb: Alibaba jumps on chip-IPO report, Arm rallies as Intel earnings loom

AI stocks climb: Alibaba jumps on chip-IPO report, Arm rallies as Intel earnings loom

New York, Jan 22, 2026, 10:51 EST — Regular session Shares of Alibaba Group listed in the U.S. jumped 5.9% to $178.69 on Thursday after reports emerged that the Chinese tech giant plans to take its chip unit, T-Head, public. The news reignited interest in AI-related stocks during the morning session. Meanwhile, Arm gained 5.4%, and Nvidia saw a 0.9% rise.
Alibaba stock price: BABA faces a holiday pause as China margin curbs and Nvidia H200 snag raise new questions

Alibaba stock price: BABA faces a holiday pause as China margin curbs and Nvidia H200 snag raise new questions

NEW YORK, Jan 18, 2026, 10:55 — Market closed. Alibaba Group Holding’s U.S.-listed shares ended Friday down 3.24%, closing at $165.40 as investors digested signs that Beijing aims to temper a red-hot equity rally alongside fresh doubts over high-end AI chips in China. Trading volume hit roughly 18.3 million shares, per stock data.
Alibaba stock falls after 111% surge as BABA valuation calls clash

Alibaba stock falls after 111% surge as BABA valuation calls clash

Alibaba Group Holding’s U.S.-listed shares, traded as ADRs, fell 3.24% on Friday, ending at $165.40 after dipping to a low of $163.49. The stock swung between $163.49 and $169.85 during the session, with 18.60 million shares traded. The pullback counts because Alibaba stood out as one of the cleaner “China tech is back” plays in U.S. markets. Its recent rebound sparked sharply divergent opinions on its true value.
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  • Tech Rout Stokes Bubble Worries for US Stocks
    June 30, 2026, 5:50 AM EDT. The slide in U.S. tech names is firing up talk about a bubble, as traders watch runaway valuations in AI and chips. Market players point to high AI spending fueled by debt and a Fed that's still signaling more tightening. The Buffett Indicator-market cap to GDP-sits close to record highs at 218%. Bank of America's Bubble Risk Indicator puts tech and semiconductor risk scores at 0.82 and 0.91, just under bubble territory. Decent earnings growth has helped trim the S&P 500's forward P/E to 20.2, but analysts say that profit base may not hold up. With stretched valuations and rising risks on positioning and sentiment, market watchers say the rally looks wobbly here.
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