To The Moon

SINGAPORE -- Chinese internet titan Alibaba Group Holding once seemed invincible. Now, it is stuck in a slump.The e-commerce giant was a major driver of China's growing consumer economy as it pioneered online shopping in China. Over the years, it also expanded into cloud computing, physical supermarkets and digital entertainment.Now, its grip on online retail is weakening. In recent months, the company lost a long-running chief executive, while a restructuring plan to revive Alibaba has quickly hit roadblocks. That came after Alibaba and Jack Ma, its co-founder, were slammed by Beijing's sweeping regulatory crackdown that started three years ago.In late 2020, just as Alibaba seemed about to chalk up its biggest success -- a public listing of Ant valued at more than $34 billion -- things went sour. Alibaba's enormous size had put it in the crosshairs of Chinese regulators, who started cracking down on the freewheeling expansion in the country's internet sector.

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Second-quarter earnings season gets under way this week, with several big banks reporting. JPMorgan ChaseandGoldman SachsGroup kick things off on Tuesday, followed byBank of America,Wells Fargo,andCitigroupon Wednesday andMorgan Stanleyon Thursday.The week’s economic calendar will be equally busy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the consumer price index for June on Tuesday, followed by the producer price index for June on Wednesday. Expectations are for year-over-year increases of 4.0% a