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Failed student's website outsells eBay and Amazon - now Alibaba has been valued at £140 billion

China, Kenya: The online retail giant was valued at £140billion, more than Walt Disney and Coca-Cola, after the biggest stockmarket flotation in US history

A Chinese internet firm started by a former English teacher was catapulted into the business superleague last night.

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