Alibaba (BABA) priced a global offering of 500 million in ordinary shares at approximately $180 per ADS. Today’s Big Picture Yesterday stocks started strong, despite disappointing earnings reports from the likes of Home Depot (HD) and Kohl’s (KSS), and news that the National Transportation Safety Board recommended Boeing (BA) redesign the engine cover on thousands of its 737 planes. This morning we will also get an update on inflation in Canada, Russia’s GDP growth rate and Turkey’s central government debt, for those who are just dying for more global economic data to chew on.