Alibaba Cloud Growth Boosts Sales, Earnings Beat

What was a significant change in Alibaba's reporting strategy mentioned in the first section?

• They started reporting earnings weekly.

• They stopped reporting earnings altogether.

• They decided to report gross merchandise volume annually.

• They decided to report gross merchandise volume monthly.

How does Alibaba's cloud computing growth compare to Amazon Web Services?

• It is growing at the same rate as Amazon Web Services.

• It is not growing and is smaller than Amazon Web Services.

• It is growing quickly but is still smaller than Amazon Web Services.

• It is growing faster and is larger than Amazon Web Services.

What aspect of Alibaba's core business is highlighted in the second section?

• Weak merchandising performance

• Decreasing mobile monetization

• Strong margins and mobile monetization

• Declining user growth

Which company is mentioned as a major competitor to Alibaba in the third section?

• Tencent

• Google

• Amazon

• Microsoft

What is Alibaba's long-term vision as discussed in the third section?

• To become a leading social media platform

• To remain solely an e-commerce company

• To focus only on cloud computing

• To be more than just an e-commerce company