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Barron's: Stock Pickers Are Leading The Charge
Sunday, November 6, 2016 - 8:49pm | 646Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's examines the resurgence of stock picking over passively managed investing. More than half of actively managed mutual funds have outperformed the S&P 500 in the second half of this year. Other featured articles offer the latest Barron's Emerging...
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Very Different Earnings Expectations For Facebook And Alibaba
Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 11:52am | 523Read More...One FANG stock and another internet giant are on deck to report quarterly results this week. Wall Street expectations are very different for these two companies. However, both handily beat earnings expectations in the previous quarter. Though most of the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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Alibaba Added To Goldman's Asia Conviction Buy List
Friday, August 12, 2016 - 10:35am | 292Read More...Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE: BABA) impressive run in which its stock has returned more than 50 percent over the past six months has caught the attention of analysts at Goldman Sachs who have added the name to its "Asia Pacific Conviction Buy List." Related Link: Alibaba...
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Alibaba Teams Up With SoftBank For New Cloud Computing Service In Japan
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 12:50pm | 278Read More...Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) announced on Friday that it will team up with Japan-based SoftBank to bring cloud solutions to the country. The joint venture will result in a company named SB Cloud Corporation and will utilize technologies and solutions from Alibaba Cloud, including data...
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Alibaba Announces Creation Of The 'IACC MarketSafe Expansion Program,' But What Is It Intended To Do?
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 10:44am | 301Read More...Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) introduced its latest initiative to combat the unauthorized selling of counterfeit goods on its platform. Alibaba, along with the the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC) (IACC), announced the creation of the "IACC MarketSafe®...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Intercontinental Exchange, Visteon And More
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 8:49am | 594Read More...Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for a financial-exchange operator, an automotive electronics maker and a consumer products company. This issue also offers ETF picks from a panel of pros and picks from the Sohn Conference. Other articles discuss the significance of...
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Cramer Digs Into Alibaba's Q4 Results, Highlights The State Of Chinese Consumer And Gains In Mobile
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 11:29am | 282Read More...Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) were trading higher by more than 3 percent Thursday morning after the company reported its fourth quarter results. Alibaba said it earned $0.47 per share in the quarter on revenue of $3.75 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting the company...
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Facebook And Amazon: More Earnings From The FANG Stocks
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:38pm | 741Read More...Two of the so-called FANG stocks offered up disappointing quarterly results last week. The other two FANG stocks are on deck to share their latest results this week. Wall Street analysts continue to look for strong earnings growth from both of them. The so-called FANG stocks were the momentum...
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Chrysler And Ford Earnings: Following In GM's Footsteps?
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:38pm | 725Read More...Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two automaker giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from both of them. However, estimates have been slipping for one and rising for the other. Expectations were already high for the latest earnings from...
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Alibaba Announces $1 Billion In Southeast Asia e-Commerce Platform To 'Support Our Ecosystem Expansion
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 11:33am | 328Read More...Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) announced on Tuesday it has invested $1 billion to acquire a controlling stake of Lazada, an eCommerce platform based in Southeast Asia. Alibaba will pay approximately $500 million in newly issued equity capital of Lazaada and acquisition of shares from...
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Jack Ma's Ant Financial Eyeing Stake In Business Magazine
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 10:06am | 153Read More...According to a report by Bloomberg, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA)'s financial affiliate, Ant Financial, is eyeing a stake in Caixin, a China-based business magazine publisher. Ant Financial is owned by Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who recently acquired Hong Kong's South China...
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Alibaba's Chairman And Vice Chairman To Buy Back $500 Million In Company Stock
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 10:05am | 130Read More...According to a report from Reuters, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA)'s Chairman Jack Ma and Vice Chairman Joe Tsai have committed to buying $500 million worth of Alibaba's stock. Reuters, citing China-based Sina News, noted that Ma and Tsai will use their own private funds to...
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Alibaba Evaluating Expansion Plans, Meeting With Bankers To Raise $4 Billion
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 3:17pm | 145Read More...According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) is in talks with bankers to raise $4 billion to finance expansion plans. Related Link: Alibaba-Groupon Merger "Likely," Says Report The Wall Street Journal noted that Alibaba is expected to finalize loans...
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Groupon Investors Currently Pricing In An 'Unlikely' M&A Scenario
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 3:11pm | 242Read More...Shares of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) took a breather on Tuesday after more than doubling in value following a strong earnings print and market chatter of pending sell of the company to its minority stakeholder, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA). Aaron Turner of Wedbush commented in a note...
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Barron's Picks and Pans: Synchrony Financial, Patterson Companies And More
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 8:34am | 591Read More...Featured stories in this weekend's Barron's offer a look at the prospects for a financial services company, a medical equipment wholesaler and more. Do a Chinese Internet giant and a specialty retailer have problems on their corporate balance sheets? Also see why two bond masters have invested in...
