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Alibaba's AI surge triggers $50 bn rally

Financial Express Kochi

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September 02, 2025

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING Ltd.'s stock leapt more than 19% after reporting a surge in revenue from AI, underscoring the steady headway it's making against rivals in a post-DeepSeek Chinese development frenzy.

- WINNIE HSU AND LUZ DING

China's e-commerce leader posted a triple-digit percentage gain in AI-related product revenue as well as a better-than-anticipated 26% jump in sales from the cloud division—the business most closely tied to the artificial intelligence boom.

That helped assuage investors nervous about the fallout from a worsening battle with Meituan and JD.com Inc. in internet commerce. Alibaba's shares gained their most intraday since November 2022 in Hong Kong, boosting the company's market value by more than $50 billion.

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Financial Express Kochi

Sensex slumps 1,600 pts in 4 days on trade jitters

THE STOCK MARKETS started 2026 on a negative note—the third time in the past four years—with both the Sensex and the Nifty falling over 1% in the first eight days of the year.

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1 min

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

Ahead of polls, BJP lays its demands before AIADMK

IN A SIGNIFICANT escalation in its negotiations with the AIADMK, the BJP has sought a formal power-sharing commitment in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly elections, asking for Cabinet representation in the event of an alliance victory—a demand that goes well beyond seat-sharing and could stir the state’s political conventions.

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1 mins

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

India, Germany close to $8-bn submarine deal

INDIA AND GERMANY are hammering out the details of a submarine manufacturing deal worth at least $8 billion — the largest-ever defence agreement for New Delhi — according to officials with direct knowledge of the details.

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2 mins

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

RBI's rupee playbook: Curb excess volatility

IN THE PAST month, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) intervention in the foreign exchange market to protect the rupee from going into a free fall is being seen by experts as an attempt to manage excess volatility spurred by speculative action, instead of being target-based.

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3 mins

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

Ecologist Madhav Gadgil, champion of Western Ghats conservation, dies

ITWAS THOSE bird-watching walks on Vetal Tekdi (Hill) in Pune at a young age, encouraged by his economist father, that made him fall in love with the Western Ghats.

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2 mins

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

'Vision cars must reflect what finally reaches the road'

As M&M sharpens its premium ambitions and prepares a new wave of products, its Chief Design & Creative Officer Pratap Bose tells Akbar Merchant about how distinct sub-brand identities, production-led 'vision cars' and a growing influence of software and EV-led thinking are shaping the automaker's design strategy for the next decade.

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1 mins

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

US court orders Vembu to furnish $1.7-bn bond in divorce case

A CALIFORNIA COURT, hearing the divorce petition of Zoho co-founder and chief scientist Sridhar Vembu, has directed him to submit a bond of $1.7 billion, citing concerns over post-petition asset transfers and their potential impact on the division of marital property.

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1 min

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

Wheat e-auction resumption to lower prices, affect millers

THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE to relaunch e-auction of wheat under the open market sale scheme (OMSS), after discontinuing it due to sluggish demand, has brought down its market prices, thereby hitting flour millers and stockists.

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1 mins

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

2025 reset cooperation priorities

FfD4, COP30, and the G20 were opportunities for India to show its prowess for multilateral negotiations, while rejuvenating its domestic stance on tax policy

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3 mins

January 09, 2026

Financial Express Kochi

Large-caps will offer attractive risk-reward this year

With the valuation gap between large-cap and mid- and small-caps being at a two- decade high, the former have become meaningfully cheaper. George Heber Joseph, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer -Equity at ASK Investment Managers tells Ananya Grover that such divergences have created attractive entry points for large- cap investing. Excerpts:

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2 mins

January 09, 2026

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