By Dean Seal


--Alibaba has started a round of job cuts that aims to reduce the staff of its cloud division by about 7%, Bloomberg reports.

--The cloud division has started offering severance to employees or transfers to other units at Alibaba, an unnamed source told Bloomberg.

--The overhaul is intended to help prepare the cloud unit for a spinoff and eventual initial public offering, according to the source.


Full story: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-23/alibaba-s-cloud-arm-is-said-to-cut-7-of-staff-in-overhaul


Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com


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