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Indonesia's Tokopedia raises 1.1 billion USD from top investors

Indonesia's top e-commerce site Tokopedia said Wednesday it has raised 1.1 billion USD in funding from investors including Japanese tech giant SoftBank and Chinese online store Alibaba. The latest financing round for Tokopedia, which lets users to set up online shops and handles transactions, underscores a push by foreign firms to tap the...

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SoftBank to sell part of stake in China's Alibaba for 7.9 billion US dollars

SoftBank said Wednesday it will sell at least 7.9 billion US dollars worth of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, as the Japanese firm looks to pay down a whopping debt load. The mobile carrier, led by colourful billionaire Masayoshi Son, first invested in Alibaba in 2000, which has since ballooned into what is now considered to be...

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SoftBank to sell part of stake in China's Alibaba for 7.9 billion US dollars

SoftBank said Wednesday it will sell at least 7.9 billion US dollars worth of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, as the Japanese firm looks to pay down a whopping debt load. The mobile carrier, led by colourful billionaire Masayoshi Son, first invested in Alibaba in 2000, which has since ballooned into what is now considered to be...

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