The international business publication The Financial Times published the news that the public company Alibaba Group of China, experienced e-commerce giant, plans to become the owner of an investment holding company Intime Retail, bought its controlling stake at a price of more than two and a half billion dollars.
Intime Retail owns 29 shops and 17 shopping centers in major Chinese cities. Currently, 27,8% Intime operator shares are owned by Alibaba Group, which it bought in March 2014. Directly founder Intime Shen Guo Jun owns 9.2% of shares. The price that Alibaba is willing to offer for Intime shares exceeds the value of 42.3% at the time of completion of the public auction December 28, 2016. Having concluded an agreement, Alibaba will have approximately 74% of the company.
According to experts, Alibaba Group intends to eliminate all obstacles between the trade online and offline stores through the use of big data technology.
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Johnson & Johnson plans to complete the third phase of trials of its single-dose vaccine against COVID-19 in mid-January 2021. Paul Stoffels, vice chairman of the executive committee, senior scientific expert at Johnson & Johnson said they plan to deliver to market 1 billion doses. “We are in the middle of the third phase of […]
Shares of BlackBerry jumped sharply on auction on December 1 after the news of a partnership with Amazon Web Service. TechCrunch writes that together they will develop and sell a service for connected cars – IVY platform. Stock quotes at the beginning of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rose by 35%. The […]
The mRNA-1273 vaccine from the American company Moderna will be tested on three thousand children in six US states. CNN reported this on Wednesday, December 2. “Moderna has started inviting children over the age of 12 to try the vaccine” the statement said. It is noted that the study will involve volunteers aged 12-18 from […]
The eleventh object of the state enterprise Ukrspirt Zalozetsky distillery was sold for UAH 80 million. This was reported by the State Property Fund on Wednesday, December 2. It is noted that six participants competed in transparent bidding, as a result of which the starting price increased two and a half times – from UAH […]
According to Bloomberg, citing documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the short-term rental service Airbnb plans to raise $ 2.6 billion in listing in the US and receive an estimate of $ 35 billion. If the company manages to raise $ 2.6 billion, Airbnb’s placement will be the fourth largest IPO in […]
The American company Pfizer and the German BioNTech have applied to the European Medicines Agency for registration of their coronavirus vaccine. The announcement was published on the BioNTech website. “On Monday, November 30, Pfizer and BioNTech filed a formal application with the European Medicines Agency for a conditional authorization to use their COVID-19 candidate vaccine […]
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft law №3637 on virtual assets. LIGA.net reports, 230 people’s deputies voted for this document. According to the explanatory note, the market for virtual assets in Ukraine has been already formed and has existed for about five years, but it is completely outside the […]
Salesforce is one of the world’s largest players in the cloud computing sector. They will buy Slack Technologies, the owner of Slack’s corporate messenger. The Wall Street Journal reports, Messenger will cost Salesforce $ 27.7 billion, which will be the largest acquisition of the company in its history. The terms of the deal include that […]
On Tuesday, Amazon announced another innovation – Amazon One technology, which will be tested for the first time in two Amazon Go stores in Seattle. The company has established in their new turnstiles which will be the quicker alternative to make the purchases. The format of the Amazon Go stores is designed so that customers […]
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According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the country’s GDP grew by 4.9% year on year in the third quarter. China’s economy is recovering the fastest in the world from the COVID-19 pandemic – GDP decline by closing factories and quarantine in the first quarter of the year already fully compensated, and the […]
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The world’s largest producer of alcohol, the British Diageo has initiated arbitration proceedings with the French luxury goods manufacturer LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SA due to non-payment of dividends in the amount of 181 million euros in 2019. Diageo owns 34% in the joint venture with LVMH for the production of alcoholic beverages […]
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The State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine expects to announce the second tender for sale of “Odessa Port Plant” in late summer – early autumn. This was stated by Igor Bilous, head of the State Property Fund at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday. “We expect to start the second round at the end of […]
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On April, 16-18 in Kyiv will be held the main business event of region in solar energy field devoted to latest technology, trends and investments opportunities – CISOLAR 2019, 8th International Solar Energy Conference and Trade Show of Central and Eastern Europe. Today solar energy development is one of priority areas for investors in the […]
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At a meeting of the Joint Commission on International Road Transport Union, Ukraine and Poland agreed to allocate 5,000 additional permits for Ukrainian carriers for 2020. Vladyslav Kryklii, the head of the Ministry of Infrastructure announced it on Friday, November 20 on his Facebook page. “Our carriers will receive the first permits in early December. […]
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Many analysts have been predicting for about a year that Apple will merge and sell its services in packages, and today the news agency Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, said it would happen in October, at the same time as the release of the new iPhone 12. Apple shares have responded to rumors of growth, although […]
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The net profit of the largest Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding for the six months of 2020-2021 fiscal year (ended September 30) fell by 19% year on year and amounted to 10.746 billion dollars, according to a press release. Adjusted earnings per share were 3.48 yuan ($ 0.51) compared to 4.45 yuan ($ 0.66) […]
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Large tobacco company Philip Morris couldn’t prove that the new Australian legislation, which involves standardized packs for all manufacturers of cigarettes, violates the intellectual property rights of the brand. The company filed a lawsuit against the Government of Australia to the arbitration court in Singapore, that refused to consider the case on the grounds that […]
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The professional jury will select three winners who will receive UAH 100,000 for the development of their own businesses. The first-place winner will present products in her own “corner” in one of the two Vsi. Svoi stores on Khreshchatyk. All three winners will present their products at the online platform vsisvoi.ua and will receive mentor sessions […]
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Group of companies Milk Alliance was the first among dairy companies in Ukraine that complied the order of the Bulgarian partner for the industrial supply of milk products. “This order is a test in order to study the demand and taste preferences of consumers. The products will be available in specialty stores focused on the population of the CIS […]
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Taxes is some kind of insurance which the person shall pay for the sake of the own benefit and social security in the future. How fine is a line between fair and unfair taxes? How to understand when does the state demand from us superfluous? What of the countries are succeeded in it more than […]
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2017 was marked by many interesting and significant events for Switzerland. They relate to science, culture, and the social life of the country, and have become important and notable for both Switzerland and for Ukraine. 1. We celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Ukraine-Switzerland diplomatic relations in 2017. Both sides undoubtedly appreciate well-established […]
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According to the source Inventure, Ukraine has attracted nearly $ 4 billion ($ 3.8 billion) of foreign investment over the past 2016. This figure exceeds the amount of 2015 almost doubly. These indicators were noted by First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv at the governmental seminar “The economic development of the regions: strategies […]
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According to Interfax-Ukraine, the State Enterprise Production Association Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant named after A.M. Makarov (Yuzhmash) has provided the first step of Antares carrier rocket (CR) medium-class shipping by the interests of Orbital ATK Inc. (NYSE: OA) Company. The international space station renewed the cargo flight after CR modernization with Mild-Atlantic Regional Spaceport due to […]
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On Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase announced the launch of its mobile payment service QuickAccept, and on Wednesday, Visa launched its application called Tap to Phone. The purpose of both programs is to offer sellers an easy way to accept contactless payments from customers via a smartphone or tablet. According to Visa, in the context of the […]
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