Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has filed for its US IPO. The company reported a massive 618 million users and $5.55 billion in revenue for fiscal 2013, which ran through March 31. According to the filing, Alibaba is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion, though that figure could change as the IPO date approaches. Alibaba touts itself as “largest online and mobile commerce company in the world” in its Form F-1. It had $248 million in gross merchandise volume (GMV) in calendar 2013 from its three retail marketplaces, Taobao, Tmall and Juhuasuan. While the initial draft of the F-1...

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