Hopes are high on $Alibaba(BABA)$ Buy’s earnings slated to be released before US market opens tonight, after its peers $JD.com(JD)$ Buyand Tencent reported results that had exceeded market expectations.
Alibaba and JD are the two largest Chinese e-commerce companies typically benchmarked against each other, though their business models are essentially distinct from one another. Alibaba offers third-party platforms for consumer-to-consumer and busin...