Alibaba grows user base, sales and earnings

August 15, 2019

Alibaba expanded its annual active customer base to 674 million in the second quarter. The Chinese company’s shares were up 2.3 percent in premarket trading after it reported a 42 percent increase in revenues for the quarter and earnings improved 56 percent year-over-year.

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