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	<title>China Eastern Airlines and Alibaba Group Form Strategic Alliance in E-commerce</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100206841-1-china-eastern-airlines-alibaba-group.html</link>
	<pubDate>26 Nov 2009 02:59:53 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>China Eastern Airlines, a leading carrier in China, has formed a strategic alliance with Alibaba Group鈥檚 Alipay and Taobao subsidiaries...	</description>
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	<title>Grameen Trust and Alibaba Group to Create Grameen China Initiative</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100176248-1-grameen-trust-alibaba-group-create.html</link>
	<pubDate>23 Sep 2009 09:42:14 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Grameen Trust of Bangladesh and Alibaba Group have joined hands to create the Grameen China initiative, an effort to provide micro-credit financial services to China's poorest residents to create income generating opportunities and help lift them to a higher standard of living. 	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba Group forms strategic alliance with Bank of China on online payment</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100142378-1-alibaba-group-forms-strategic-alliance.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Jul 2009 05:19:03 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba Group and Bank of China Holdings Limited (Bank of China) today formed a long-term strategic alliance to collaborate on several e-commerce initiatives including online payment, international business cooperation, small business financing and joint marketing.
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	<title>Alibaba Group Helps Chinese Manufacturers Tap Growing Domestic Demand</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100103634-1-alibaba-group-helps-chinese-manufacturers.html</link>
	<pubDate>18 May 2009 05:22:45 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>More than 50,000 invited guests, including small export-oriented manufacturers and Chinese retailers, gathered here this weekend to learn from leaders of Alibaba Group and its major subsidiaries Alibaba.com 	</description>
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	<title>Jack Ma Says Alibaba Group Plans to Double U.S. Staff: Video</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096570-1-jack-ma-says-alibaba-group.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:43:09 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Jack Ma, chief executive officer of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., talks with Bloomberg's Julie Hyman and Carol Massar about the company's hiring plans in the U.S. 
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	<title>Alibaba Group takes additional steps to help SMEs in China </title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096556-1-alibaba-group-takes-additional-steps.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:34:52 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alisoft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alibaba Group, today announced that it will offer free Internet-based management software to all 42 million small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs) in China as part of the Group's ongoing effort to make it easy for SMEs to do business using e-commerce.
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	<title>Alibaba Group Makes RMB5 Billion Investment in Taobao Taobao Continues to Offer Free Service to Users </title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096551-1-alibaba-group-makes-rmb5-billion.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Taobao, China's largest consumer e-commerce company, today announced that its parent company, Alibaba Group, will invest RMB5 billion (US$732 million[1]) over the next five years to further strengthen the Taobao marketplace (www.taobao.com) as the shopping destination of choice for Chinese consumers.	</description>
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	<title>Statement from Alibaba Group: Rumors Need to Stop in Times of Disaster</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096545-1-statement-from-alibaba-group%253A-rumors.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:30:08 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba Group, with the same heartache as all other people in China, expresses its deepest sympathies to the many thousands of victims whose lives and livelihoods have been destroyed by the May 12th earthquake in Sichuan.

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	<title>Alibaba Group Contributes Funds, Assistance to Earthquake Relief</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096544-1-alibaba-group-contributes-funds%252C-assistance.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:29:02 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba Group announced today that it will contribute funds and assistance to help support victims of the May 12 earthquake in China. To help raise money for relief victims, Alibaba Group is cooperating with several relief organizations including the Chinese Poverty Relief Foundation and the Red Cross Society of China. 	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba Group Launches Online Advertising Exchange Company Alimama</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096541-1-alibaba-group-launches-online-advertising.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba Group, a global e-commerce leader and the largest e-commerce company in China, today announced the official launch of Alimama (www.alimama.com), an online advertising exchange which allows web publishers and advertisers to trade online advertising inventory. 	</description>
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	<title>Tim Steinert Joins Alibaba Group as General Counsel</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096533-1-tim-steinert-joins-alibaba-group.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>The Alibaba Group, a global e-commerce leader and the largest e-commerce company in China, today announced the appointment of Timothy A. Steinert as general counsel. 	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba Group and China Post Sign Cooperation Agreement</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096524-1-alibaba-group-china-post-sign.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:16:10 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba Group, a global e-commerce leader and the largest e-commerce company in China, and China Post, the postal service of the People's Republic of China, today signed a long-term strategic cooperation agreement to further develop China's e-commerce infrastructure and make it easier for Chinese consumers to shop online. 
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	<title>Alibaba Group to beef up workforce in 2009</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100043958-1-alibaba-group-beef-up-workforce.html</link>
	<pubDate>20 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba Group, parent of the Hong Kong-listed Alibaba.com Ltd&lt;1688&gt;, plans to beef up workforce in 2009, as per industry sources.The group expects to hire 5,000 people this year and raise the total number of its workers to more than 17,000 by the end of 2009. The recruitment will be focused on China, while...	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba Group Combines Taobao and Alimama</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096547-1-alibaba-group-combines-taobao-alimama.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:30:54 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Alibaba Group Launches Business Software Company</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096526-1-alibaba-group-launches-business-software.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:17:13 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alisoft to leverage Alibaba.com's relationships with more than 18 million small- and medium-sized enterprises; Web-based business model a breakthrough for China's software industry
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	<title>Alibaba Group Makes Strategic Investment in Koubei.com </title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096522-1-alibaba-group-makes-strategic-investment.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:15:04 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Investment in leading Chinese community-based classifieds website to complement Alibaba Group's e-commerce portfolio, help drive e-commerce growth in China	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba Group invests $100 million in new China base</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100138301-1-alibaba-group-invests-%2524100-million.html</link>
	<pubDate>17 Jul 2009 09:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>BEIJING, July 17 - Alibaba Group, China's top e-commerce group, will establish its fourth base in China with an investment of $100 million in the southwestern city of Chengdu, the Chengdu city government said. Chengdu,...	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba Group Appoints Andrew Tsuei to the Boards of Alibaba.com and Taobao.com</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096490-1-alibaba-group-appoints-andrew-tsuei.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 01:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>The Alibaba Group, a global e-commerce leader and the largest e-commerce company in China, today announced that it has appointed Andrew Tsuei as a non-executive director to the boards of directors of Alibaba.com, the group's B2B division, and Taobao.com, the group's C2C division.	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba.com Expands Market Leadership and Seeks to Enhance Benefits to Members Through Increased Synergies with Alibaba Group</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100198030-1-alibaba.com-expands-market-leadership-seeks.html</link>
	<pubDate>10 Nov 2009 10:18:21 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba.com Limited (HKSE:1688.HK) (HK.1688), the world鈥檚 leading business-to-business e-commerce company, today announced unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009...	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba Group and Alibaba.com Enter into Agreement to Inject Business Management Software Division of Alisoft into Alibaba.com</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100156235-1-alibaba-group-alibaba.com-enter-agreement.html</link>
	<pubDate>17 Aug 2009 04:52:47 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Transaction furthers Alibaba.com goal of transformation from &quot;Meet at Alibaba&quot; to
&quot;Work at Alibaba&quot; by providing small businesses with tools to succeed in e-commerce ...	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba tests online platform for major push into US this year</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100178494-1-alibaba-tests-online-platform-major.html</link>
	<pubDate>28 Sep 2009 08:11:02 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Mainland internet giant Alibaba Group will soon embark on full-scale operations in the United States	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba invests USD100 mln in Chengdu base</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100128994-1-alibaba-invests-usd100-mln-chengdu.html</link>
	<pubDate>3 Jul 2009 01:56:40 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba Group, parent of Alibaba.com (1688.HK), a leading B2B e-commerce operator in China, has signed an agreement with Chengdu's municipal government to invest 100 million U.S. dollars to establish a base in the city	</description>
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	<title>Alibaba Says Taobao Will Rival Baidu in China Web Ads (Update1) </title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096568-1-alibaba-says-taobao-rival-baidu.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:41:38 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., part- owned by Yahoo! Inc., said its online commerce unit will challenge Baidu Inc. as China's biggest generator of Web advertising after sales more than doubled last year. 	</description>
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	<title>Jack Ma named one of The 25 Most Influential People on the Web </title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096563-1-jack-ma-named-one-25.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:38:06 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>BusinessWeek has named Jack Ma, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, one of The 25 Most Influential People on the Web. Here is what BusinessWeek said about him	</description>
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	<title>Alipay Goes Global</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096534-1-alipay-goes-global.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:21:10 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Alipay, China's leading online payment service and a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group, today launched a new international service which allows consumers in Mainland China to buy directly online from global retailers.
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	<title>Taobao Releases Key Metrics for First Half of 2007</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100096531-1-taobao-releases-key-metrics-first.html</link>
	<pubDate>5 May 2009 02:19:41 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Taobao.com, China's leading consumer e-commerce website and a division of the Alibaba Group, released key metrics for the first half of 2007. Key developments and trends include	</description>
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	<title>Leading European Fashion Brand Bestseller To Open Online Flagship Shop on Taobao</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100184853-1-leading-european-fashion-brand-bestseller.html</link>
	<pubDate>16 Oct 2009 08:11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Life's lessons alike for Bryant, Ma</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100178491-1-life%2527s-lessons-alike-bryant%252C-ma.html</link>
	<pubDate>28 Sep 2009 08:06:36 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>They may look very different, but Chinese internet entrepreneur Jack Ma Yun and American professional athlete Kobe Bryant say they are very much alike.	</description>
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	<title>President Bill Clinton Conversation with Jack Ma</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100176426-1-president-bill-clinton-conversation-jack.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Sep 2009 01:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>A live video address by Bill Clinton on the challenges and opportunities for small businesses in the Asia-Pacific region 	</description>
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	<title>Kobe Bryant Conversation with Jack Ma</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100176410-1-kobe-bryant-conversation-jack-ma.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Sep 2009 01:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>A conversation about the requirements of success between Kobe Bryant and Jack Ma 	</description>
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