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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Stock in electric-vehicle pioneer Tesla is on fire for seemingly no reason.There haven’t been any big,splashy upgrades that can explain the recent run. Shares have jumped almost 8% for the week and are on pace for their best week since April.Investors, rightly so, are wondering what’s going on. We found four reasons, outlined below.Many electric-vehicle stocks have been on a winning streak lately, beyond just Tesla. Coming into the week, shares of Chinese EV maker NIO were up 17% for the month.X

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