Alibaba Offices In Beijing Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba on Friday beat profit expectations in its September quarter, but sales fell short as sluggishness in the world's second-largest economy hit consumer spending. Alibaba said net income rose 58% year on year to 43.9 billion...
Disney earnings offer hope that streaming can successfully supplant linear TV
The Disney+ website on a laptop computer in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Disney might be proving the world's most famous investor wrong. Last year, Warren Buffett, "The Oracle of Omaha," told CNBC's Becky Quick...
China retail sales beat forecasts in October while real estate slump worsens
BEIJING — China on Friday reported strong growth in retail sales and a decline in real estate investment in October, signaling that the country's recent stimulus push has already worked to bolster certain sectors of its flagging economy. Retail sales grew by 4.8% year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics said...