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China’s antitrust regulator has imposed a fine equivalent to $ 2.8 billion against Alibaba Group Holding Ltd  for abusing its dominant position over rivals and merchants on its e-commerce platforms, a record penalty in the country that comes amid a wave of scrutiny on the business empire of company founder …

Impossible Foods Inc. is prepping for an initial public offering that could value the maker of plant-based burgers at about $ 10 billion within the next year. The Silicon Valley-based company, which just launched its first national TV ad campaign, is chewing over going public either through a traditional IPO …

Applovin Inc. is shooting for a valuation of more than $ 30 billion as the app-software company priced its initial public offering in its bid to catch a sizable piece of a $ 200 billion mobile app market. On Wednesday, Applovin APP, +10.91% named a price range for its shares …

The $ 1.9 billion stimulus package recently passed by the U.S. Congress won’t spur persistently higher inflation, said Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida on Thursday. The Fed and other forecasts “do not see this package — over a three-to-five year period — as putting undesirable upward pressure on inflation,” …

SYDNEY — Blackstone Group Inc. made a takeover offer for Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd. valued at $ 6 billion, as regulators investigate Crown’s business practices and threaten to rescind its casinos licenses. The U.S. investment firm has offered 11.85 Australian dollars, or the equivalent of $ 9.15, a share for Crown, a 20% premium …

Digital-payments company Stripe said Sunday it had closed a $ 600 million funding round that values the company at $ 95 billion — more than double its valuation a year ago. Stripe said it would use the money to beef up its European operations — especially its co-headquarters in Dublin …

Nio Inc.’s American depositary receipts fell more than 3% in the extended session Monday after the China-based electric-car maker reported mixed fourth-quarter results and said revenue for a “transformational” 2020 topped $ 2 billion. Nio NIO, +8.69% said it lost RMB1.39 billion ($ 212.8 million) in the quarter, or 16 …

Nvidia Corp. reported Wednesday that quarterly sales topped $ 5 billion for the first time in the fourth quarter, as holiday gaming-chip demand and renewed interest in cryptocurrency mining vied with supply shortages. Gaming sales surged 67% to a company record $ 2.5 billion, on gaming-card demand that Chief Executive …

Much has been made about the hefty sum that Tesla Inc. has invested in bitcoin, a speculative asset that has only been around since 2009. Read: Why did Tesla buy bitcoin? However, early estimates from prominent technology analyst Dan Ives sees the investment by the electric-vehicle maker, headed by outspoken …