Alibaba Pays Price for U.S. IPO Unlike Alibaba, Tencent keeps all of its business units within the Hong Kong-listed entity, and the company has been buying Hollywood content to expand its online video platform, investing in cloud-computing technology and acquiring stakes in online health-care companies.
Online games and the WeChat and QQ messaging services, which have more than 1 billion users, underpinned a surge in earnings. Tencent posted a 50 percent jump in profit in the quarter ending December as the company, run by billionaire Ma Huateng, boosted revenue through advertising and payment services. 60minute...testing the 65,2 centerline...