????首發(fā)上市前的阿里巴巴集團(tuán)(Alibaba Group Holding Ltd)財(cái)源滾滾。

????中國(guó)最大的電子商務(wù)企業(yè)阿里巴巴在提交給美國(guó)證監(jiān)會(huì)（SEC）的公告中稱，得益于移動(dòng)平臺(tái)銷售額強(qiáng)勁增長(zhǎng)，今年第二季度公司實(shí)現(xiàn)收入25.4億美元，同比增長(zhǎng)46%。移動(dòng)業(yè)務(wù)占阿里巴巴當(dāng)季總交易額的33%，高于第一季度的27%。雅虎（Yahoo）持有阿里巴巴22.4%的股份。

????阿里巴巴實(shí)現(xiàn)季度凈利潤(rùn)19.9億美元，增長(zhǎng)逾兩倍；每股收益0.84美元；自由現(xiàn)金流17.1億美元。

????不過，阿里巴巴也表示增長(zhǎng)有代價(jià)：該公司現(xiàn)已消耗了80億美元信貸額度，而且又已經(jīng)安排了30億美元的循環(huán)信貸額度，不過后者尚未投入使用。

????這應(yīng)該是阿里巴巴在上市前最后一次公布業(yè)績(jī)。該公司初步定于9月份首發(fā)，從而可能成為美國(guó)歷史上規(guī)模最大的科技公司IPO。媒體報(bào)道稱，阿里巴巴最快可能會(huì)在本周公布詢價(jià)區(qū)間。

????分析師預(yù)計(jì)的最大首發(fā)規(guī)模為200億美元，這將完全抵消（并超過）該公司的負(fù)債。但阿里巴巴表示，它將把IPO所得資金用于“公司一般運(yùn)營(yíng)”，而不是專門償還債務(wù)，同時(shí)也不會(huì)把這些資金轉(zhuǎn)移到中國(guó)大陸。

????據(jù)報(bào)道，阿里巴巴的美國(guó)電子商務(wù)平臺(tái)最近啟動(dòng)，欲和亞馬遜（Amazon）一較高下。阿里巴巴還迅速進(jìn)行了一系列收購，以便實(shí)現(xiàn)業(yè)務(wù)多元化，不過有些收購標(biāo)的出現(xiàn)了問題。8月初，阿里巴巴稱，公司發(fā)現(xiàn)所收購的影視公司文化中國(guó)存在會(huì)計(jì)違規(guī)行為。文化中國(guó)現(xiàn)已更名為阿里巴巴影業(yè)。

????阿里巴巴遞交給SEC的IPO申請(qǐng)花大量筆墨描述了中國(guó)電子商務(wù)市場(chǎng)的增長(zhǎng)潛力。阿里巴巴稱，目前它有2.79億名活躍買家，比上年同期提高了9%，單個(gè)買家每年平均下單數(shù)量為52筆。

????這只是中國(guó)電子商務(wù)市場(chǎng)潛力的冰山一角。阿里巴巴指出，中國(guó)有13.5億人，其中互聯(lián)網(wǎng)用戶6.18億，而在線購物目前只占中國(guó)消費(fèi)總額的8%。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：Charlie

????The money keeps pouring in to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ahead of its initial public offering.

????China’s largest e-commerce company, in which Yahoo has a 22.4% stake, said in an SEC filing that its revenue rose 46% on the year in the second quarter of this year to $2.54 billion, thanks to strong growth in sales through mobile platforms. Mobile devices accounted for 33% of overall gross merchandise value in the quarter, up from 27% in the first quarter.

????Net income more than tripled to $1.99 billion, or 84 cents a share, while free cash flow was $1.71 billion.

????However, the company also said is growth had come at a price: it has now fully drawn down an $8 billion credit facility and has arranged another $3 billion revolving credit line that it hasn’t yet used.

????The results are likely to be the last Alibaba disclosed ahead of its IPO, which is tentatively scheduled for September and is likely to be the largest ever by a tech company. A target price range for the shares may be published as early as next week, according to media reports.

????Analysts have touted an IPO size of up to $20 billion, which would wipe out the company’s debt (and more) at a stroke. But the company said it intends to use the proceeds of the share sale for “general corporate purposes”, rather than specifically to pay down debt, and said it wouldn’t transfer the funds to mainland China.

????As reported, the company has recently launched an e-commerce platform in the U.S., with a view to ultimately taking on Amazon.com Inc. It has also made a flurry of acquisitions to diversify its business, but has run into problems with some of them. It said earlier in August that it had discovered accounting irregularities at film production company ChinaVision, now renamed Alibaba Pictures.

????Alibaba’s filing plays heavily to the growth potential of the Chinese e-commerce market. The company said it now has 279 million active buyers, up 9% on the year, placing an average of 52 orders a year.

????That is still only a fraction of the Chinese market’s overall potential. The company reckons that China has 618 million internet users out of a total population of 1.35 billion, while online shopping still only accounts for 8% of total Chinese consumption.