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Consumer prices beat forecasts. Shery shinzo abe faces yearend pressure. His popularity is sinking to its lowest in more than a year. Japan is coming online alongside the south korea as well. Lets get straight to the Market Action with sophie. Sophie. Sophie we are in the final stretch of 2019. Japanese stocks did manage to pull through on thursday. The topix with an eight day drop. The topix hitting ground along with the nikkei 225. Today, stocks are trading exdividend today. Lets check in on the open in seoul. We are seeing downside moves for the kospi. We will see what the index can crack 2...

SHANGHAI — Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has penned a lengthy memo to employees that expresses support for the internet giant's restructuring efforts, a rare move from the billionaire after spending the last few years out of the spotlight. Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares surged five per cent after the post. The post, made in an internal company forum, comes one year...

By Casey Hall

Alibaba's shares have declined 27% in the past 12 months, giving it a market capitalisation of some $178 billion.

Jd.com: JD's interest in the struggling retailer, unveiled on Monday, underscores the Chinese firm's efforts to deepen its overseas presence as a counterweight to weak demand and cut-throat competition in its domestic market, analysts said.