Can Alibaba open up the UK market?

Marian McHugh
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As Alibaba opens two datacentres in the UK, Marian McHugh asks whether it has the magic touch to go up against its better-known American competitors in the European market

The lessons learned by Alibaba in the eponymous fairytale is to be happy with a little amount of treasure and to use your cunning to keep your enemies away from it, rather than being greedy and try...

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