News Snapshot:
The financial arm of Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba is planning the biggest IPO in history, raising as much as $35 billion in a joint listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, a report said Thursday. And in a sign of Ant Group's confidence in the share sale, it will not seek cornerstone investors - large institutions that agree to hold the stock for an extended time to provide confidence and stability in new listings. The company is looking to raise the cash - which would be far higher than the $29 billion chalked up by Saudi Aramco in December - in...
