Investors Spooked by China

Investors dumped the stocks of some of China’s biggest Internet companies, as scandals with some smaller Chinese firms have shaken Wall Street’s confidence in the country’s businesses.

Chinese Web Rivals in Alliance

Taobao Mall Co., a unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said Monday that it would allow 38 Chinese online retailers to open virtual stores on its site, in a strategy shift as China’s largest online retail platform looks to team up with its smaller rivals.

Dell Launches China-Only Tablet

Dell Inc. on Friday started selling a 10-inch tablet computer that it will offer only in China and that runs Google Inc.’s Android operating system, expanding its push into a product category dominated by Apple Inc.’s iPad.

Renren Loss Narrows in First Quarter

Renren Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter net loss narrowed because of a leap in revenue and relief from warrant write-downs in the year-earlier period, as the Chinese social-networking company reported its first results as a U.S.-listed company.

Baidu's Profit Jumps on Strong Revenue

Baidu Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier as customer numbers and their average ad spending continued to grow quickly, and the Chinese online search provider gave a better-than-expected revenue outlook.

Alibaba.com Profit Rises 46 Percent

Alibaba.com Ltd. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 46 percent from a year earlier and pledged further steps to overcome a fraud scandal that prompted its chief executive to resign.

Sony Ericsson Open to China Gaming Partnerships

Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson is open to partnerships such as joint ventures in China’s gaming industry and plans to sell its new cellphone-and-videogame device, Xperia Play, in the country, Chief Executive Bert Nordberg said Tuesday.

Dangdang CEO's Tweets Of Rage

E-Commerce China Dangdang Chief Executive Guoqing Li lost his temper Sunday on China’s biggest Twitter-like microblogging service, Sina Weibo, accusing Morgan Stanley of undervaluing his company’s initial public offering and exchanging outrageously off-color insults with a user who claimed to work for the financial services firm.

The Mysterious Case of the "iPad 2" Cases

Protective cases purportedly made for a new version of the iPad, posted for sale on Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba.com, have fueled some of the latest speculation about the rumored sequel to Apple’s red-hot tablet computer. In fact, they drew enough attention that someone with pull appears to have objected to the listings.

China Unicom Launches "WoStore"

China Unicom has launched a long-expected application store for users to download apps like games and Internet browsers to their mobile devices, making it the latest mobile carrier looking to reproduce the success of Apple’s App Store.