{"id":27178,"date":"2014-05-08T09:11:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T13:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/?p=27178"},"modified":"2014-05-08T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T13:11:51","slug":"poll-alibaba-files-for-landmark-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/poll-alibaba-files-for-landmark-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Alibaba Files For Landmark IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alibaba was founded 15 years ago in a small Chinese apartment by Jack Ma. Ma is a former English teacher who started the company with an initial investment of $60,000, kicked in by 18 friends.<\/p>\n<p>The company has since evolved into the dominant force in China's (maybe even the world's) e-commerce industry. As a market with so much potential, Alibaba's IPO may be the largest ever by a tech company. The initial document filed with the SEC indicates that Alibaba plans to raise $1 billion, but that figure is just a placeholder. Analysts believe it could haul in more than the $16 billion Facebook raised in 2012.  <\/p>\n<p>Now for the real question.....<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-185\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_185\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_185_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"e632973235\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Will you invest in Alibaba?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-185-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-613\" name=\"poll_185\" value=\"613\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-613\">Yes, I think they have huge potential<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-614\" name=\"poll_185\" value=\"614\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-614\">No, I won't invest in a Chinese company<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-615\" name=\"poll_185\" value=\"615\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-615\">I'm undecided and will wait and see<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(185);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(185);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(185); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(185); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-185-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>As always, we would love to hear what you think as well. 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