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JD.com beats Alibaba in first quarter revenue

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JD.com, Alibaba's biggest domestic competitor in China, reported robust Q1 earnings.

Total revenue was more than double Alibaba's, thanks in part to a leap in active customers over the past year. But gross merchandise volume (GMV) continues to trail well behind Alibaba's as the two compete for control of China's e-commerce market. Читать дальше...

CASCADE LOCKS, Oregon (AP) — A proposal for Nestle to build a water bottling plant in Cascade Locks, Oregon, is set to be one of the most heated battles in the state's May 17 primary.

CASCADE LOCKS, Oregon (AP) — A proposal for Nestle to build a water bottling plant in Cascade Locks, Oregon, is set to be one of the most heated battles in the state's May 17 primary.

Tories consider planning law granting authority to seize land and approve large-scale housebuilding

ANAHEIM, California - The slumping Los Angeles Angels offense has hit a new low in a week full of them.

LOSSER – Kim Kötter is bevallen van een zoon. Het kereltje heet Muck. Hij werd dinsdagmiddag om 17.36 uur geboren. De voormalig Miss Nederland noemt haar kind op Facebook het ‘aller-aller-allermooiste wat ons is overkomen’.

MEXICO CITY - Jose Mourinho is certain he will be managing a club within two months but says the delayed appointment will compromise preseason preparations.

FIVE youths were arrested by police in dramatic scenes in North Melbourne following a shoplifting incident this afternoon.

The Argentinian striker has been linked with a transfer to the Premier League ahead of the upcoming summer window but claims he will be staying at San Siro

Britain leaving the EU would "seriously impair" London's ability to stand up for Gibraltar, Britain's foreign minister said on Wednesday on his first official visit to the contested UK territory on Spain's southern tip.

Elf toeristen zijn gewond geraakt tijdens een tochtje naar het Great Barrier Reef in Australië. De boot waarin ze zaten vloog in brand en zonk.

HELENA, Montana - Hunters soon could be chasing grizzly bears across the ridges of the Rocky Mountains, leaving three states to come up with plans to ensure the iconic species won't be snuffed out so soon after recovering from threats to their survival.

"We've been using this street since the apartheid regime and have never had a problem until recently."

TOKIO (ANP) - De beurs in Tokio is donderdag licht hoger gesloten, terwijl elders in het Verre Oosten de aandelenmarkten een negatief beeld lieten zien. De geplaagde airbagfabrikant Takata was een opvallende stijger op de Japanse beurs nadat het bedrijf aangaf dit boekjaar op winst te rekenen.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De beurs in Amsterdam opent donderdag naar verwachting wat lager. Ook de andere beurzen in Europa beginnen waarschijnlijk met verliezen. Beleggers in Amsterdam verwerken een flinke stroom aan handelsberichten, waaronder die van hoofdfonds Aegon.

It's time to put on your winter woolies, pack up your car and go explore SA in its winter glory.

Dhoni is currently leading Rising Pune Supergiants in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016, where the new franchise have been ruled out of the race for play-offs after losing eight out of 11 matches.

Oil prices fell early on Thursday, weighed by the gradual return of Canadian oil sands production, reversing a sharp rise the previous day.

She was going back to retrieve her phone after the elephant charged, but it picked her up and killed her.

The prime minister was named as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up to exploit a Siberian gold prospect.

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, May 11 (Yonhap) -- Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American man who spent two years at a North Korean labor camp, called Wednesday for greater attention to the people of the communist nation, saying the country operates like "a big

A’s road trip now historically bad BOSTON — Well, the A’s certainly don’t do things by halves this dreadful month. When they stink, it’s franchise-record-level reek. Oakland’s string of poor outings by starters kept right on spinning along Wednesday. Eric Surkamp, recalled to pitch against Boston, failed to make it out of the third inning in the A’s 13-3 loss to the Red Sox. Boston scored 40 runs in sweeping the three-game series and shoving Oakland a season-high seven games under .500. [...] the A’s ... Читать дальше...

Een onderwijzeres verdient nog altijd 15 procent minder dan haar mannelijke collega en ook in de zorg is de loonkloof nog lang niet gedicht. In andere sectoren is de ongelijkheid tussen man en vrouw gelukkig (veel) kleiner.

Two pieces of aircraft debris found earlier this year in South Africa and Mauritius “almost certainly” came from the flight that went missing two years ago, Malaysia’s transport minister said.