Expectation is that Ant and Alibaba will survive but face tighter regulation

Outside of China, few people pay any attention to the world’s biggest shopping event

Ant was set to go public in Hong Kong and Shanghai on Thursday after raising $37bn

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

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