Temat: Alibaba.com oglosil wyniki za trzeci kwartal 2009

Alibaba.com net profit jumps 49 pct - Annoucement

Alibaba.com Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results

HONG KONG, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Top Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba.com Ltd (1688.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) posted a 49 percent rise in quarterly earnings on Tuesday as more small businesses worldwide turned to the Internet to buy and sell products, but fears of a global recession cloud its profit outlook in 2009.

The firm -- in which U.S. Internet company Yahoo (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is a key investor -- also said it planned to buy back up to HK$2 billion ($258 million) of its own shares through the end of 2009.

It posted a net profit of 308.6 million yuan ($45.20 million) in the three months ended September, against 207.3 million yuan a year earlier.

However, profit growth at Alibaba, whose shares debuted in Hong Kong last November after an IPO that ranked among the city's most popular ever, slowed from a 159 percent jump in the previous quarter.

Alibaba, which operates an online site connecting importers and exporters of Chinese goods, said its board of directors had authorised the share repurchase programme, which is subject to market conditions.

The stock ended up 0.21 percent at HK$4.8 on Tuesday, sharply lower than its initial public offering price of HK$13.50.

It has plummeted about 83 percent so far this year, lagging a 49.5 percent drop on the broader Hang Seng Index .HSI, amid concerns about its premium memberships and the outlook for the global economy. ($1=HK$7.748=6.827 yuan) (Reporting by Kirby Chien and Michael Wei; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree)

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