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Business Matters: Coronavirus in focus for Alibaba

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13/02/2020 GMT

Coronavirus in focus for Alibaba

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Coronavirus in focus for Alibaba

What can we expect from the e-commerce giant's results?

The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is due to present its quarterly results. In the normal run of things, we might expect this to be another blizzard of eye-watering numbers - showing the company founded 21 years ago in a Hangzhou apartment still standing strong. But has the coronavirus changed things - at least in the short term?
We are also looking into the latest buzzword - infodemic. Working with the big tech companies, the UN health agency has made strides in combating rumours and falsehoods on the internet about coronavirus.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, says he is pressing ahead with moving the country’s capital, Jakarta, to the province of East Kalimantan.
Also in the programme, oil giant BP's new chief executive Bernard Looney has outlined plans to cut his firm's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, but the plan is lacking in detail.
Plus, as Argentina tries to renegotiate its debts, we look at the history of Argentina's relationship with the International Monetary Fund.

Presenter Fergus Nicoll is joined by guests Alison van Diggelen in California and Simon Littlewood in Singapore.

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