Alibaba Laid Off Roughly 10,000 Workers As Part Of Cost-Cutting Initiatives

Alibaba, Chinese technology corporation, has laid off around 10,000 workers as part of cost-cutting efforts in the face of a weakening economy. The layoffs came as Alibaba announced a 50% decline in net profits in the June quarter, to 22.74 billion yuan. In other developments, Alibaba Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang Yong stated that the internet business wants to hire 6,000 new university graduates by the end of the year.