Tag: detailing

  • Jack Ma’s life after Alibaba takes him to a fish farm, Fiji and beyond

    He was the boss of a tech giant. Now he studies fish and rice. After appearing to fall out of favor with China’s leadership following a 2020 speech criticizing financial regulation, Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. generally kept a low profile. Out of the public eye, the 58-year-old multi-billionaire, who stepped down […]

  • Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma returns to China after a year’s absence

    Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The billionaire co-founder has returned to mainland China after spending about a year abroad, according to people familiar with the matter. The travels of Mr. Ma have been the subject of intense scrutiny as China’s leadership scrambles to regain entrepreneurial confidence after years of regulatory and pandemic Covid-19 measures […]

  • Amazon plans to lay off another 9,000 employees

    Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a statement that the company has added a significant number of employees in recent years, a move he defended as necessary given what was happening in Amazon’s business at the time. “Given the uncertain economy we live in, and the uncertainty that exists for the foreseeable future, we have […]

  • Rivian’s stock is down more than 3% as EV maker and Amazon consider changes to the deal

    Published: March 13, 2023 at 11:46 a.m. ET The share of Rivian Automotive Inc. fell more than 3% on Monday following news that the electric vehicle maker and Amazon.com Inc. discuss possible changes to their electric van deal. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the companies are in […]

  • This department store stock has beaten Apple, Amazon, and Tesla

    One of the best-performing stocks in recent years isn’t a tech giant or a high-flying startup. Instead, it’s a family-run department store chain that doesn’t have a wide following on Wall Street. Shares in Dillard’s Inc. DDS 1.48% are up more than 1,500% since April 2020. The company’s market value is comparable to Macy’s Inc., […]