HANGZHOU—Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA 0.57% says it will nearly triple spending on research and development, to more than $15 billion over the next three years, as it seeks to keep pace with Western rivals such as Alphabet Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.   Alibaba start
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