Why Alibaba Stock Was Sliding Again Today

07:47pm, Tuesday, 22'nd Feb 2022 The Motley Fool
Shares of the Chinese tech giant faded again on fears of government crackdown.
Analysts and brokerage firms often use ratings when they issue stock recommendations to stock traders. Analysts arrive at stock ratings by researching public financial statements, communicating with executives and customers and following industry trends. Here are the latest analyst rating updates for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd - ADR (NYSE: BABA ), Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE: SPCE ) and Teladoc Health Inc (NYSE: TDOC ): The latest price target for Alibaba was by Mizuho on Jan. 31. The analyst firm set a price target for $180, representing possible 51.25% upside. Thirty-six additional analyst firms Full story available on Benzinga.com
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Chinese tech stocks are taking a beating on Tuesday as investors worry about additional restrictions from the country''s government.
Shares of Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA ) are trading lower in pre-open Tuesday in the United States on several reports that are being interpreted as headwinds for the e-commerce giant. Alibaba''s share price closed 3.05% in the red in Hong Kong on the concerns discussed below. China Regulatory Pressure Increases The Chinese government told banks and state-owned enterprises to report their financial exposure to Ant Group, according to B loomberg News. As per the report, Chinese regulators have instructed banks and firms to check their exposure to Ant and its businesses. The scrutiny into Jack Ma''s fintech giant continues, with banks being told to report their findings as soon as possible. It remains unknown why Chinese authorities have made such a request, and whether it will result in specific regulatory auctions, the report said. The move comes a year after China blocked the largest-ever initial public offering (IPO) by Ant, indicating that Chinese tech companies remain under tight scrutiny.
NEW YORK , Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for DKNG, ROKU, RBLX, BABA, and CVX. Full story available on Benzinga.com

More Trouble Brews For Alibaba''s Jack Ma

02:31pm, Tuesday, 22'nd Feb 2022 Benzinga
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China Crackdown Risk Roars Back With Probe of Jack Ma Empire

02:24pm, Tuesday, 22'nd Feb 2022 Investment Watch Blog
Three of Chinas most valuable businesses Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Meituan have shed more than $100 billion in the span of three turbulent days. Its a remarkable reversal from just a week ago, as investors like Charlie Munger spotted bargains among China Tech Inc. after a $1.5 trillion selloff in 2021. Macquarie issued a report this month headlined peak crackdown.
Generation Investment cut investments in Alibaba and Cisco, initiated a stake in Visa, and increased holdings in Microchip Technology.

Alibaba shares slump 5% on Beijings scrutiny of Ant Group

06:35am, Tuesday, 22'nd Feb 2022 Capital FM Kenya
Beijing, China Feb 22-Shares in Alibaba slumped more than five percent on Tuesday following a report that Beijing regulators had ordered a fresh investigation into state firms links with the Chinese e-commerce giants fintech arm Ant Group. Chinas biggest state-owned firms and banks were told to begin a new round of checks on their financial exposure []
In an effort to bolster the International Olympic Committees (IOC) digitalization efforts, Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 has successfully migrated its core games technology services to Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. The migration has occurred against the backdrop of the Covid pandemic, in order to create a safer, more efficient, sustainable and inclusive experience for participants and audiences from around the world. The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 will not just be remembered by the excitement and the phenomenal achievements brought by the athletes from across the world, but also for the new benchmarks it had set for driving a more efficient, sustainable and inclusive Olympic Games, said Jeff Zhang, President, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. We are proud to be supporting the digitalization of the Olympic Games, and we hope our experience in hosting Beijing 2022s core operating systems on Alibaba Cloud will be passed on to future sporting events. **media[68143,68144]** Advanced cloud capability to boost organizer efficiency The IOC and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG) executed a master plan for the Olympic Winter Games.

Alibaba shares slump 5% on Beijing''s scrutiny of Ant Group

05:57am, Tuesday, 22'nd Feb 2022 Business Recorder
BEIJING: Shares in Alibaba slumped more than five percent on Tuesday following a report that Beijing regulators had ordered a fresh investigation into state firms'' links with the Chinese e-commerce giant''s fintech arm Ant Group. China''s biggest state-owned firms and banks were told to begin a new round of checks on their financial exposure and other links to Ant and its subsidiaries, Bloomberg reported, in another blow to the beleaguered company and Alibaba''s billionaire co-founder Jack Ma. Since late 2020, Chinese regulators have launched a wide-ranging crackdown on alleged anti-competitive practices by Alibaba and other domestic tech giants, which saw a record-breaking planned IPO by Ant Group pulled at the last minute. US adds e-commerce sites operated by Tencent, Alibaba to ''notorious markets'' list Bloomberg described the fresh investigation as "by far the most thorough and wide-ranging look into deals with Ant", citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. It is unclear what triggered the fresh scrutiny, the report said.

Japan''s SoftBank seen trimming Alibaba stake to fill shortfall

04:49am, Tuesday, 22'nd Feb 2022 DealStreetAsia
SoftBank sold 20 million Alibaba shares in the last quarter and "will need to sell more in 2022.
Shares in Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan and other tech firms dropped as the Hang Seng Tech Index is set for its lowest close since July 2020.
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