BEIJING (AP) — Foreigners who want to buy Alibaba Group shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant’s U.S. public offering will need to get comfortable with an unusual business structure. Alibaba’s online ...

Alibaba stock appears to be attractively valued and is the subject of dozens of bullish articles on SA, with only one sell rating given to the company this year. This comes as tensions between the US ...

A U.S. government group has released a report warning that investors face "major risks" if they buy shares in Chinese companies like e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The report, released ...

A major part of successful long-term investing is eliminating risk. The stock market has historically been one of the best-performing asset classes, but it is also one of the riskiest. No matter how ...

Many forget that they are not directly invested in Alibaba, but only have a contractual interest in the profits through the VIE structure. Moreover, I do not see much room for multiple expansions ...

Discover how Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) work as unique business structures, granting controlling interests via contracts instead of voting rights, and their impact on business operations.

The risks of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s corporate structure, which it shares with several other major Chinese Internet companies, don't seem to be damping enthusiasm for its initial public offering.

Alibaba ( BABA), China's largest tech corporation, prides itself on having the third largest IPO in history. However, China's Internet sector is quite a contradiction- it reaps benefits from foreign ...

In September, Alibaba Group launched the largest IPO in history, raising $25 billion from investors keen to own a slice of China’s most successful e-commerce company. For the moment, the potential for ...

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