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Alibaba to Close Order Books Early and May Lift Price of IPO

New York Times - 3 hours ago

Photo. Alibaba may eventually increase its fund-raising goal of $21.1 billion.Credit Uncredited/CHINATOPIX, via Associated Press. Related Links.

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UPDATE 3-Alibaba talks corporate governance to potential IPO investors

Reuters - 9 hours ago

(Edits first paragraph). By Liana B. Baker and Jessica Toonkel. Sept 8 (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (IPO-BABA.N) founder Jack Ma on Monday surprised potential investors at a standing-room only event in New York by addressing governance ...

Stocks end lower after Dow, S&P 500 hit records

USA TODAY - 7 hours ago

Stocks cut early gains and turned negative to close modestly lower Thursday, dropping from earlier highs that saw the Standard & Poor's 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average hit new intraday record highs.

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