ThinkstockUsing its black-box methodology, which makes its conclusions impossible to understand or critique, Millward Brown released BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Chinese Brands 2013. The top five part of the list had…
Trey Thoelcke ThinkstockTablet Market Share Forecast A rare piece of good news for Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows came out of a new IDC report on tablet PC sales. Over the period from 2012…
ThinkstockBaidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) may not seem like your traditional company that would need to raise debt. A filing with the SEC shows that it has priced its public offering of $1.5…
Jon C. Ogg Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Transparency Report showed a sharp drop in traffic from China. The cause is not known, but it could be that the central government does not want its…
ThinkstockMore Greek Troubles As hard as it seems to be to believe, the crisis in Greece continues, and may have gotten worse. The nation’s parliament has voted through an extreme austerity budget…
ThinkstockBaidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) reported its earnings on Monday night. The leader of Chinese Internet search is showing that competition is now gaining from Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (NYSE: QIHU), and…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. stock markets were closed again today as New York City recovered from the damage brought on by Hurricane Sandy. In New York, both Nasdaq and the NYSE announced that the markets…
Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) reported its earnings on Monday evening. The leader in Chinese Internet search’s third-quarter earnings came in with a 49% revenue gain to RMB6.251 billion (about $994.6 million), and…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform with $750 target at Credit Suisse.…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning as the eurozone PMI numbers came in slightly better than expected, but still with a contractionary direction (more coverage here). China’s manufacturing…
courtesy of BaiduWhile Chinese Internet search company Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) slipped in early trading, its competitors Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU), SINA Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA) and Youku Tudou Inc. (NYSE: YOKU) all…
courtesy of BaiduBaidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) counts among the best foreign stocks Americans can own. The Chinese search engine remains a proxy for the phenomenal growth of the Internet in the People’s Republic,…
Samsung will review 250 suppliers for labor violations. (Reuters) Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) will ask a court to review copyright damages against SAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP). (Reuters) Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is likely…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning following an upward revision to the U.S. second quarter GDP growth reading to 1.7%, above the 1.5% preliminary reading and better…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday morning. Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) raised to Outperform at…
