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Alibaba logs lackluster earnings and cuts full-year forecast

China slowdown hurt both revenue and net income

Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China. Slower economic growth at home is pushing down the earnings of the e-commerce company.
Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China. Slower economic growth at home is pushing down the earnings of the e-commerce company.   © Reuters

HONG KONG -- Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group Holding missed analysts' expectations for both revenue and net income in its latest quarterly earnings, as the country's economic slowdown cuts into the company's growth.

The company also revised its full-year revenue estimate, saying it expects a 4% to 6% lower result than initially projected.

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