Alibaba plays down Ant crisis as ecommerce growth slows
Slowdown in marketplace businesses was offset by growth in cloud computing
Date: 2020-11-05
URL: https://www.ft.com/content/f0f7db5e-cf3d-4c7a-a99e-0c634fef4c43
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