When Devon Rifkin began scouring the globe for a low-cost but reliable producer of hangers for his fast-growing firm, The Great American Hanger Company, he began his search without stepping outside the comfort of his air-conditioned Miami office. A few clicks of the mouse on sourcing website Alibaba.com led him to Wooden Enterprises and Trading Cooperative, an India-based manufacturer specializing in wooden and metal products. After sending his company samples of a few basic hanger models, it responded promptly with mockups at attractive prices and quality. Wooden Enterprises and Trading Cooperative is now one of The Great American Hanger Co.'s regular suppliers.
On the eve of Alibaba.com's $1.7 billion stock offering - the biggest Internet IPO since Google went public in 2004 - friends of founder Jack Ma warned that he was in for a harrowing ordeal.
Asian markets tumble on renewed credit concerns. CNN's Eunice Yoon explains.
Stocks wavered in midday trade Tuesday, as Wall Street juggled record-high oil prices and material sector strength with residual credit market fears.
Stocks struggled to sustain their initial gains Tuesday, as recent fears about the credit market crisis and the health of the financial sector provided major gauges an early bounce.
Stocks opened higher Tuesday as recent fears about the credit market crisis and the health of the financial sector subsided, although gains were capped by record-high oil prices.
CNN's Andrew Stevens talks with Jack Ma about creating China's largest e-commerce company.
Chinese e-commerce portal Alibaba.com debuted on the Hong Kong stock market Tuesday, with its shares soaring 122 percent to 30 Hong Kong dollars ($3.87) from its issue price of 13.50 Hong Kong dollars ($1.74).
Tom Stewart of Harvard Business Review gives tips on fueling performance in the workplace.
Taking a small business international requires plenty of preparation. These sites will help you evaluate new markets, find the right partners and more.
Alibaba.com, China's largest e-commerce company, will soon start charging some users of its free Alipay online payments service as it seeks new sources of revenue.
Interview Jack Ma -- Alibaba.com
One of China's most outspoken bloggers is a 30-year-old journalist named Zhao Jing. Zhao who blogs under the name of Michael Anti and works in the Beijing bureau of The New York Times, got a lot of attention when his blog was abruptly shuttered by Microsoft, at the behest of the Chinese government.
Facing blistering new attacks from human rights advocates in Congress, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Cisco argued Wednesday that they are doing more good than harm in China even as they cooperate with the repressive government there.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Round and round the Internet merger wheel goes. Where it stops, nobody knows.
Fortune: Built for Speedupdated: Mon Sep 05 2005 00:01:00
WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH THE world can change in five years? Take a look at our 100 Fastest-Growing Companies from 2000. That list was loaded with tech and telecom firms, and not a single oil company m...
Stocks inched higher early Thursday as investors took in stride a weaker-than-expected read on retail sales and oil prices near new records.
CNNMoney: Retail worriesupdated: Thu Aug 11 2005 05:42:00
Weaker than expected retail sales and the resumed rise of oil appeared to worry investors in the hour before U.S. markets opened Thursday, although some Internet deals helped to support futures.
Web media company Yahoo! Inc. is negotiating to acquire a stake in Alibaba.com, China's largest e-commerce company, according to the International Herald Tribune Monday.
CHINESE INTERNET ENTREPRENEUR Jack Ma is a small man with elfin features. It's easier to imagine a stiff wind blowing him across the surface of West Lake, the main tourist attraction in his hometow...
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