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iQIYI — China’s Netflix — Stumbles After Huge IPO

Posted: March 30, 2018 at 9:50 am

The second-largest initial public offering (IPO) of the first quarter went off as planned Thursday, when Chinese video streaming firm iQIYI Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) sold 125 million American depositary shares ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMAG, Baidu, Cisco, GE, Honeywell, 3M, Salesforce, SunPower, UTC and More

Posted: February 15, 2018 at 9:00 am

This week has been a wild ride, but it has been a week full of recovery in stocks versus last week's panic selling with broken market efficiencies. The bull market ...
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Can BlackBerry and Baidu’s Autonomous Vehicles Collaboration Win?

Posted: January 3, 2018 at 11:45 am

BlackBerry Ltd. (NYSE: BB) shares made a solid gain to kick off Wednesday after the firm announced that it would be collaborating with Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) to accelerate the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Axalta, Baidu, Cypress Semi, Merck, Microsoft, Switch and More

Posted: October 31, 2017 at 9:10 am

Stocks were lower on Monday across the board on profit taking, but investors have already bid futures higher on Tuesday. It is also no secret that the market is at ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Baidu, Barclays, Celgene, HPE, Intel, Kimberly-Clark, Lululemon, PayPal, Stratasys and More

Posted: October 20, 2017 at 9:05 am

Stocks have hit new highs this week and went over 23,000 for the first time. Even after a weak opening on Thursday, the market managed to come back, and shares ...
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Investment in Self-Driving Vehicles Near $80 Billion in Past 3 Years

Posted: October 18, 2017 at 9:10 am

If there was ever any doubt about the potential impact of autonomous (self-driving) vehicles, it should have been put to rest last October when Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) paid $47 ...
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Perhaps Markets and Investors Should Be Cheering S&P Downgrade of China

Posted: September 21, 2017 at 10:50 am

When investors hear that one of the world's top credit ratings agencies has issued a sovereign downgrade of one of the world's biggest nations, it tends to bring more than ...
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MSCI Inclusion of Mainland China Means Massive Buying for Top Stocks

Posted: June 21, 2017 at 10:40 am

For years the debate has raged. When will MSCI add mainland Chinese stocks to its venerable index? That day has finally come, and MSCI, which stands for Morgan Stanley Capital ...
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Moody’s China Downgrade Is Not Crushing Chinese Shares and Markets

Posted: May 24, 2017 at 11:00 am

The biggest economic and financial market story for Wednesday should be that Moody’s has formally downgraded China’s credit rating. Although this downgrade may sound harsh, the new "stable" outlook seems to mean ...
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Google, Facebook Snag 20% of Global Ad Spending

Posted: May 3, 2017 at 8:55 am

The two companies that captured the most global advertising dollars across all types of media last year were Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). Between the ...
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Can Netflix Jumpstart the Streaming Revolution in China?

Posted: April 25, 2017 at 1:40 pm

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) saw its shares rise handily in Tuesday’s session after it was announced that the online streaming company is in talks with Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) subsidiary ...
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Why Baidu Looks to Share Driverless Technology

Posted: April 19, 2017 at 7:20 am

Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is the latest company reaching for a bigger share of the increasingly crowded autonomous, or self-driving, vehicle market. The Chinese tech company has launched Project Apollo, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apache, Chesapeake, Goldman Sachs, Intuit, Yum China, Goodyear, Wayfair and Many More

Posted: February 24, 2017 at 9:05 am

Stocks were indicated lower, with Dow futures down almost 100 points, early on Friday. Before panicking, think about how many days the markets have risen to higher and higher all-time ...
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Analysts Warming to Baidu in 2017 After a Choppy 2016

Posted: January 10, 2017 at 12:20 pm

Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) had a rough 2016, but things might be looking up as 2017 gets underway. Baidu has now seen two analyst upgrades in two days. Stifel raised ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amex, Coca-Cola, NVIDIA, Procter & Gamble, Texas Instruments, Transocean and More

Posted: January 9, 2017 at 8:40 am

Stocks came within cents of hitting Dow 20,000 on Friday but failed to cinch the formal 20K print. Futures were indicated marginally lower on Monday after a lack of overseas ...
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