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Ford Motor Co. has struck a deal with Amazon.com Inc. to sell certified used cars through its e-commerce website, becoming the second major automaker to reach customers through the massive online retailer.

Amazon.com Inc.’s first US dollar bond offering in three years has drawn about $80 billion of orders, underscoring investors’ seemingly endless appetite for technology debt as companies race to fund artificial-intelligence infrastructure.

China’s e-commerce giants Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com reported record-breaking sales for the Singles’ Day online shopping festival, as the companies looked to artificial intelligence to help boost sales and traffic amid a sluggish economy. During the event, which ran for almost a month from mid-October, Alibaba’s online retail platforms Taobao and Tmall saw more than 34,000 brands double their sales from a year ago, the company said on Saturday. More than 18,000 brands recorded sales growth...

Prosus NV expects a surge in interim profit on the back of its growing e-commerce business and an increase in the value of the stake it owns in China’s Tencent.

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Airtasker Ltd., an online marketplace where people post or accept tasks such as household cleaning or assembling flat-packed furniture, is preparing for an equity raising to fund growth in the US, the Australian Financial Review reported.

Tariffs are driving shoppers to resale platforms in the U.S., and companies like ThredUp are cashing in.

A White House national security memo claims Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. provided the Chinese military with technology support against targets in the US, the Financial Times reported, raising concerns about the e-commerce giant’s links to the People’s Liberation Army as it steps up efforts to compete globally in artificial intelligence.

Alibaba Group Holding on Saturday dismissed a Financial Times report alleging its connection with the Chinese military and questioned if the accusation was an attempt to sabotage US President Donald Trump’s recent deal with Beijing. The report said Alibaba was supplying the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with unspecified capabilities that the White House claimed would threaten US national security, citing a memo that included declassified top-secret intelligence. “The assertions and innuendos in...

The company said it was taking a "long term approach," and added that shifting event timing made it hard to predict consumer demand.

Walmart Inc. Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon recently spoke about the impact of artificial intelligence, saying it’s clear that the technology is going to change “literally every job.”

The company said it was taking a "long term approach," and added that shifting event timing made it hard to predict consumer demand.

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Alibaba plans to use "tokenization" of payments for cross-border transactions in its business-to-business arm.

Alibaba Group Holding’s global business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, the wholesale platform serving more than 200,000 merchants, on Friday unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool designed to make cross-border trade more efficient. Alibaba.com, which operates under the group’s international commerce arm, has created “AI Mode” for its online search engine to help global users reliably find the products they need, according to Zhang Kuo, the platform’s president. Alibaba owns the South China...

StubHub beat Wall Street's expectations for second-quarter revenue in its first earnings report as a public company.

StubHub beat Wall Street's expectations for second-quarter revenue in its first earnings report as a public company.

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JD.com Inc.’s revenue grew a faster-than-anticipated 15%, boosted by government-directed consumer subsidies as well as an aggressive drive into new arenas such as meal delivery.

Singapore DPM Gan Kim Yong said if the EU and ASEAN can come together to discuss a digital economic agreement, it would be a "major breakthrough."

Sea Ltd.’s quarterly profit missed analysts’ estimates after the company boosted spending to battle competitors in Southeast Asia’s cut-throat e-commerce market.

US consumer durables and personal goods inflation decelerated in October for the first time in three months, reflecting a slight pickup in the degree of merchant discounting, according to OpenBrand price data.

Instacart said it's expanding artificial intelligence tools, and recently launched a suite of new solutions for grocers.

Instacart posted better-than-expected order growth and provided an upbeat earnings outlook for the current period, indicating that demand for its core grocery delivery service has been holding strong.

Intensifying competition in India’s online grocery delivery space is weighing on the shares of market leader Eternal Ltd. and its listed rival Swiggy Ltd.

Block's third-quarter revenue missed Wall Street estimates and showed slowing profit growth from Square.

Affirm CEO Max Levchin said as the government shutdown drags on, there are signs of shifting shopping habits from federal workers.

Block's third-quarter revenue missed Wall Street estimates and showed slowing profit growth from Square.

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