IPO value of company controlled by Jack Ma is set to eclipse record-holder Saudi Aramco

Group – whose controlling shareholder is Alibaba’s Jack Ma – has struggled to realise its global ambitions

Zhong Shanshan, Nongfu Spring’s biggest shareholder, is now worth €42bn

Analysts believe the group is readying itself to make new investments

Chinese payments company has said it wants to sell at least 10 per cent of its shares

Alibaba payments arm was last valued at $150bn and plans to list in Shanghai and Hong Kong

Executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai has also reduced his stake in the company

Singer had phone call with Minister for Finance earlier this year

Widespread reports that African nationals in Guangzhou are being targeted as potential ‘carriers’

President Moon Jae-in joins list of politicians and businesspeople contacted by vocalist

U2 singer is just one of number of people the Government has sought crucial help from

Aer Lingus plane is first of 10 due to bring equipment back for State’s health service

Europe Letter: Italian ambassador to the EU sees the crisis as a test of the union’s cohesiveness and solidarity

Yet most investors barely blinked at news that Larry Page and Sergey Brin were exiting

Low-key accountant to succeed charismatic Ma who built $462bn company

Michelle Obama and David Attenborough come top of new poll

Planet Business: Sometimes it’s quite handy being a billionaire

Founder of Alibaba, says ‘We don’t need those who comfortably work eight hours’

Ma is an admirable man, but the idea one’s career should start gliding into oblivion after 50 is foolish when people need to work longer

One section dedicated to role of president’s pivotal crackdown on corruption

Changing political environment may not be entirely to Huawei’s advantage

Alibaba founder joined the party at college but played down his membership

Chinese ecommerce giant’s annual sales growth falls from 39 per cent to 27 per cent

Backers for Blackrock-based movie data company include Chinese tech giant Alibaba

Shares in AIB and Bank or Ireland rise as optimism sweeps European financial sector

Chief executive Daniel Zhang to take control of China’s largest ecommerce company

Japanese company’s Vision Fund plans to lead an investment of $3-$5bn into Ele.me

Chinese ecommerce giant’s venture arm has announced only one new US project this year

Tycoon to pass control of $100bn global empire to his elder son Victor Li after a decades-long apprenticeship

Film features Ma taking on martial artists from around the world, including one bout where he is thrown through a glass door by a sumo wrestler

US authorities reject $1.2bn deal with Jack Ma’s firm citing national security concerns

Robots and artificial intelligence will revolutionise the workplace, but at what cost?

There is a thin line between ambition and misrepresentation

Chinese e-commerce giant has expanded its range of services

Caveat: McElhinney’s goes it alone as it exports to 65 countries

Ecommerce giant sets out plan to bring small US businesses to Chinese market

Grand plan launched to make China one of the world’s top soccer nations by 2050

Revenue at China’s biggest operator of online shopping rose 55 per cent to $5.1 billion

Property prices started to fall last year, but have bounced back along with expectations