Jack Ma's e-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA) is ready to break another record. The Chinese e-commerce conglomerate has brought in RMB 10 billion ($1.4 billion) in less than seven minutes, and broke $5 billion before the first hour was up, according to Asia-focused technology news website TechinAsia. Last year, it took them 90 minutes to get to $5 billion, TechinAsia said. The shopping blitz offering massive discounts online famously dwarfed the combined sales figures of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the U.S. for all retailers in 2015. This year's pace seems to suggest that Alibaba could finish well above its mark, topping analysts' expectations once again. But while Alibaba is set to blow
The StreetMOSCOW - Russian government officials had contacts with members of Donald Trump’s campaign team, a senior Russian diplomat said Thursday, in a disclosure that could reopen scrutiny over the Kremlin’s role in the president-elect’s bitter race against Hillary Clinton. Facing questions about his ties to Moscow because of statements interpreted as lauding Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump repeatedly denied having any contact with the Russian government. After the latest statement by the Russian diplomat, Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks denied that there were interactions between Russia and the Trump team before Tuesday’s election. “The campaign had no contact with Russian officials,”
Washington PostRichard Petty Motorsports is looking for a replacement for Brian Scott.
From The MarblesDear Amy: My husband has become very good friends with a guy I have known for years from my small town. They treasure the friendship, and share a love for a certain sport. The friend is going through a divorce. Recently when I was unable to get ahold of my husband, I reached out to him to ask if he had seen him. We texted a few times that day about a gift I wanted to get my husband for their sport. He advised me to erase the messages. He said he didn’t know how my husband would take us texting (no matter how innocent). I told him I couldn’t imagine he’d have an issue with it. He replied, “You must have never told him about us?!” I had a fleeting thought when they started hanging out that I might
Washington PostMIAMI -- A Florida teenager accused of taking part in the brutal machete murder of a schoolmate is seen crying and screaming at police in an interrogation video released by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and obtained by the Miami Herald. Desiray Strickland, 19, has been indicted for first degree murder in the 2015 death of 17-year-old Jose Guardado, along with 23-year old Joseph Cabrera, 20-year-old Kaheem Arbelo, 18-year-old Jonathan Lucas and 19-year-old Christian Colon. Prosecutors say the group spent two weeks planning Guardado’s death, including digging a shallow grave in the woods near their school days before he was killed. In June 2015, the group allegedly lured Guardado into
CBS NewsA lot of older white people in the upper Midwest helped make Donald Trump the next U.S. president on Tuesday, and another older white upper Midwesterner, Garrison Keillor, did not sugarcoat the blow to the Americans who voted for his opponent. "We liberal elitists are wrecks," he wrote in The Washington Post on Wednesday. And now that "a severely learning-disabled man with a real character problem will be president," millions of Americans exhausted by the long campaign "will take up leaf-raking and garage cleaning with intense pleasure." "The Trumpers," on the other hand, "had a whale of a good time, waving their signs, jeering at the media, beating up protesters, chanting 'Lock her up,'" but
The WeekLast week, Michael Bublé and wife Luisana Lopilato announced the tragic news that their 3-year-old son had been diagnosed with cancer. And now, more heartbreaking details about Noah's illness have emerged, as Luisana's sister Daniela has spoken to Argentinian magazine Gente and revealed that Noah is suffering from liver cancer. The publication reports that Noah has now started four months of chemotherapy treatment, with Daniela telling them: "If God wanted it to be discovered that way, it's because he wants to save Noah. Cancer is a horrible illness but we have faith in Noah being able to overcome this. We know he will. The time to start a long and very difficult treatment has come but it's got
Good HousekeepingThis doesn’t guarantee that you’ll remain free from liver damage for the duration of your life, but it’ll tip the odds in your favor. All of those dietary and herbal supplements that Americans are hooked on? A new study, published in the medical journal Hepatology, says that herbal and dietary supplements can cause chemical-induced liver damage.
The Cheat SheetClinton campaign chairman John Podesta made it clear that the campaign is still fighting.Speaking to supporters at the Javits Center in Manhattan at just after 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Podesta assured them that Hillary Clinton is "not done yet.""We are so proud of her," he said. "She's done an amazing job."Podesta acknowledged it had been a long night but added, "We can wait a little longer, can't we?""They're still counting votes. Every vote should count. Several states are too close to call. So we're not going to have anything more to say tonight," he said. ...
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