Ctrip Investment Gives Priceline Leg Up In China
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Aug 07, 12:56PM CDT
Ctrip.com International stock surged more than 10% in midday trading in the stock market today. The surge comes after Priceline Group said late Wednesday that it's expanding its partnership with Ctrip, China's largest Web travel agency, by investing...
'Fast Money' Recap: Seeking Security in Glittering Gold
at The Street - Thu Aug 07, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed falling equities, Twenty-First Century Fox' earnings and whether Pandora can take market share in sports radio from Sirius.
Priceline Buying Ctrip Stake In Big China Travel Bet
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Aug 06, 6:46PM CDT
Online travel agency Priceline Group (PCLN) plans to invest $500 million in Ctrip.com International, expanding its partnership with China's largest online travel company as travel in China booms. The two companies have been commercial partners since...
International Stocks: Investing Essentials
Brian Stoffel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Aug 06, 1:09PM CDT
Beginning investors looking to get their feet wet are best served putting money behind domestic companies they know and interact with often -- companies like Proctor & Gamble , which produces dozens of iconic household goods. But seasoned...
Qihoo 360 Closes $900 Million U.S. Note Offering
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Aug 06, 12:05PM CDT
Qihoo 360 Technology announced the closing of its private placement of $900 million of convertible senior notes Wednesday. Qihoo 360 (QIHU), a Chinese Internet company, said that it sold the notes to qualified institutional buyers. The notes were...
Why the Earnings Streak Will Continue for Baidu (BIDU) - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Aug 06, 7:35AM CDT
Baidu has seen a nice streak of beating earnings estimates at the previous two reports, suggesting it has a nice short-term history of crushing expectations and that it could be a great candidate for another beat.
Facebook, Baidu Lead 5 Young Fast-Growing Internets
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Aug 05, 6:59PM CDT
Online upstarts can have a tremendous amount of growth potential. Today's Screen of the Day lands on Young Guns, a group of companies that have only gone public within the last 15 years. Baidu (BIDU) is among four of the Internet firms featured in...
Top Performing Funds Play Favorits
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Aug 05, 5:30PM CDT
The nation's top-performing funds the past three months have been ramping up their buying of medical and Internet stocks. They've had varying degrees of success resisting the downward pull of the stock market in July Large drug providers, such as...
China PMI Data Ruffle Autohome; Chart Stays Intact
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Aug 05, 5:27PM CDT
China got slammed Tuesday with its weakest nonmanufacturing purchasing manager's report in nearly nine years for July, a letdown after the index popped to a 15-month high in June. That took a toll on many China-based stocks Tuesday. One of the worst...
YY Q2 Revenue Expected To Rock Thanks To Rising Music
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Aug 05, 11:59AM CDT
Chinese gaming and music company YY (YY) also wants to become an online education powerhouse. But the company's online music and entertainment operations are expected to remain top revenue drivers when YY reports Q2 earnings after the market close on...
Shares of BIDU Up 38.8% Since Uptrend Call on Shares
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Aug 05, 9:39AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) on April 21st, 2014 at $158.07. In approximately 4 months, Baidu has returned 38.79% as of today's recent price of $219.37.
Stocks Sag In Rising Trade; Archer Daniels And Avis Rise
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Aug 05, 9:39AM CDT
Stocks stubbornly held their opening losses Tuesday, despite some strong factory orders and service-sector data. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 dipped 0.5% each. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 3%. Small caps lagged the pack, with the Russell 2000...
Yandex Earnings Q2 2014 – Big Upside Potential!
Vikram Nagarkar - Amigobulls - Tue Aug 05, 9:36AM CDT
Yandex reported strong revenue growth and improvement on all metrics in Q2. Attractive valuations make Yandex a compelling long term investment.
Baidu
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Aug 04, 5:57PM CDT
Baidu (BIDU), the Chinese search engine, said that its DU Speed Booster app has been downloaded more than 50 mil times globally. The Android optimization app's features include a virus scanner, trash cleaner and speed test, among others. Version 2.0...
China Services Data Dip; Baidu, BitAuto, Vipshop Rise
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Aug 04, 5:35PM CDT
A tragic weekend in China left at least 75 dead after an auto-parts factory exploded. Almost 400, possibly more, died Sunday in an earthquake in the country's southwest. Against that backdrop, data showing a slight downshift in the non-manufacturing...
Is j2 Global (JCOM) Poised to Beat Earnings Estimates in Q2? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Aug 04, 1:01PM CDT
j2 Global Inc. (JCOM) is set to release its second-quarter fiscal 2014 results after the market closes on Aug 5, 2014.
Chinese Internets Rally; Indexes Narrowly Mixed
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Aug 04, 10:59AM CDT
The major averages pared earlier losses and were narrowly mixed in late-morning trading Monday. The Nasdaq was up 0.2% and the S&P 500 0.1%, while the Dow Jones industrial average was fractionally lower. Volume was sharply lighter across the board in...
Baidu's DU Speed Booster App Surpasses 50 Million Downloads Worldwide, Gets Version 2.0 Update
PR Newswire - Mon Aug 04, 8:30AM CDT
Baidu [NASDAQ: BIDU], the world's leading Chinese search engine and developer of award-winning PC, Web and mobile products, today announced that its popular Android optimization app DU Speed Booster has exceeded 50 million downloads worldwide. The news comes hand-in-hand with a milestone product upgrade to version 2.0, which features a fully redesigned interface, a network speed test function and an improved file cleaner utility.
ARRIS Group Slumps: ARRS Falls 14.3% in Session - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Aug 04, 7:41AM CDT
Shares of ARRIS Group (ARRS) fell over 14% on the day. This continues the recent trend for ARRS, as the stock is now down nearly 14% since Jul 22. This suggests there may be more trouble down the road. So make sure to keep an eye on this stock going forward to see if this recent slump will continue.
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PR Newswire - Fri Aug 01, 8:00AM CDT
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