From Harry Potter to Jack Bauer, London rises as film studio hub
Last year, 24’s action hero Jack Bauer — played by Kiefer Sutherland — fought off a fictional drone attack that took in scenes from Wembley Stadium to the London Eye...
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WorldAlibaba's Jack Ma champions UN e-commerce drive for development
Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma said on Tuesday the internet should be a utility available to the whole world, putting his weight behind a call for e-commerce by United Nations to boost developing economies and help fight poverty...
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ArchiveAlibaba’s Jack Ma: Fake goods often better than originals
BEIJING: China’s unbranded goods are often better than the branded originals they imitate, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Jack Ma has said, posing an additional challenge to the battle against sales of counterfeits...
“It’s inappropriate for a person of Jack Ma’s status to say something like this,” Cao Lei, director of the China E-Commerce Research Center in Hangzhou, told Bloomberg News...
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ArchiveSteel makers jack up prices after Gadani fire incident
KARACHI: The price of steel bars has gone up by Rs8,000-Rs10,000 per tonne after the fire incident at the Gadani ship-breaking yard last month that claimed at least 19 lives...
Traders in Sarya Market said the price of regular-quality steel bar, which was available at Rs56,000-Rs57,000 prior to the Gadani incident, has now surged to Rs68,000 per tonne -
ArchiveJack Ma to launch Alibaba’s regional distribution hub in Malaysia
Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are expected to announce the plans at an event in Kuala Lumpur next week, the sources said...
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WorldJack Ma says Alibaba 'doing a lot of research' on driverless cars
E-commerce giant Alibaba is steering resources towards driverless car technology, its CEO Jack Ma confirmed on Thursday, joining a global race to shape the future of driving...
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ArchiveAlibaba co-founder Jack Ma to retire: report
The New York Times is reporting that Jack Ma, the co-founder and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group, is retiring...
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ArchiveJack Ma to unveil succession plans, not imminent retirement: SCMP
Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma will unveil a succession plan on Monday, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday, with a company spokesman denying a New York Times report that he would retire that day...
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WorldAlibaba's Jack Ma to step down as chairman in September 2019, will be succeeded by company's CEO
Jack Ma, who founded e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and helped launch China's online retailing boom, announced on Monday that he will step down as the company's chairman next September...
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WorldChina's richest man Jack Ma is a Communist Party member
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world's richest people but he has now emerged as a member of another club: China's 89-million-strong Communist Party...
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ArchiveChina’s richest man Jack Ma outed as Communist Party member
BEIJING: Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world’s richest people but he has now emerged as a member of another club: China’s 89-million-strong Communist Party...
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ArchiveUK strips ‘Jihadi Jack’ dual national of citizenship
LONDON: Britain has revoked the citizenship of a dual national Muslim convert to the militant Islamic State group dubbed “Jihadi Jack” being held in northern Syria, according to reports on Sunday...
The move targeting Jack Letts, 24, who was a dual UK-Canadian national, has prompted a diplomatic row with Ottawa, Britain’s Mail on Sunday reported...
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ArchiveMillers jack up flour prices yet again
KARACHI: Amid higher wheat stocks, flour millers in Sindh hiked prices again on Thursday by up to Rs2 per kg...
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ArchiveJack Ma's disappearing act fuels speculation about billionaire's whereabouts
Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s absence from public view in the past two months, including missing the final episode of a TV show on which he was to appear as a judge, has fuelled social media speculation over his whereabouts amid a Chinese regulatory clampdown on his sprawling business empire...
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ArchiveChinese state newspaper omits Jack Ma from list of entrepreneurial leaders
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been left off a list of Chinese entrepreneurial leaders published by state media — the snub underscoring just how far he has fallen out of favour with Beijing...
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