Comment / On the wires: While trade wars rumble on Alibaba lines up a blockbuster IPO in Hong Kong...

“Alibaba [BABA] is considering raising as much as $20bn through a listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, lining up a second blockbuster deal following its 2014 record $25 billion float in New York. The deal, the biggest follow-on share sale in seven years globally, would give Alibaba a war chest to keep investing in technology ? a priority for China as growth flags and as the world’s second-largest economy is locked in a mounting trade ...