Chinese consumers are cutting back on discretionary purchases and becoming more thrifty as the country’s economic slowdown drags on, impeding the once-inexorable growth of the country’s e-commerce com...
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CVS Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Signify Health for Around $8 Billion
CVS Health is in advanced talks to acquire the home-healthcare company Signify Health for around $8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. CVS appears to have beat out other heavy hitt...
Alibaba, Nio stocks rally along with other Chinese names as SEC reaches audit deal with China
U.S-listed shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Nio Inc. were among Chinese names trading higher in morning action Friday after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has struck ...
Alibaba, JD.com Rising on Report of Resolution to SEC Delisting Issue
Text size Alibaba stock rose more than 8% following the report. AFP/Getty Images Stock in Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings took off on Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported that security r...
Amazon Among Bidders for Signify Health
Amazon.com Inc. is among the bidders for healthcare company Signify Health Inc., joining other heavy hitters vying in an auction for the home-health services provider, according to people familiar wit...
Alibaba, JD.com, and Bilibili Fall on Report Tencent to Sell Meituan Stake
Text size Tencent holds a 17% stake in food delivery company Meituan. GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba, JD.com and some of China’s biggest companies saw billions wiped off their value Tuesday...
The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Sold 5 Chinese Stocks. Here’s Why.
Text size Bridgewater Associates no longer owned stock in Alibaba Group Holding as of June 30, according to a regulatory filing. Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, is pictured above. STR...
Berkshire Hathaway boosts Apple, Amazon stakes
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.A, +0.55% BRK.B, +0.42% added to its positions of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.26% and Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.63% over the past quarter, according to a filing wit...
The SoftBank Experiment Has Failed. Time to Go Private?
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son on $24 billion of new losses: “I am quite embarrassed and remorseful.” Str/Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images Text size The stock market can be a humbling place—just ask Masayoshi ...
SoftBank Is Ready to Slash Its Massive Stake in Alibaba. Here’s Why.
Text size SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son was a major early investor in Alibaba. Koki Nagahama/Getty Images SoftBank is positioned to sharply sell down its stake in Chinese tech giant Alibaba through a...
Alibaba Added to SEC Delisting Watchlist. One More Reason the Stock Is Slumping.
Text size Alibaba shares have slumped since the company said it would apply for a primary listing in Hong Kong. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images) Shares of Alibaba , the Chinese e-commerce gi...
Amazon Is Expected to Post Slim Profit as It Manages Slower Demand
Amazon Inc. is expected on Thursday to report a modest quarterly profit on a meager rise in sales, as the tech-and-retail company continues to work through the overhang from its breakneck growth durin...
Amazon Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.
Text size Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing arm, is expected to boost revenue 33% in the quarter from a year ago. Stefano Guidi/Getty Images Amazon ’s June quarter financial report is...
Alibaba Plans to Move Its Stock to Hong Kong. Others Will Follow.
Text size Alibaba says it has filed to change its primary stock listing to Hong Kong rather than the U.S. AFP via Getty Images Alibaba Group Holding on Tuesday said it has filed to change its primary ...
Visa tops earnings expectations as CFO sees ‘no evidence of a pullback’ in spending
Visa Inc. topped expectations with its latest results Tuesday and gave an upbeat signal to investors about the resilience of spending volumes in the current macroeconomic climate. Amid increasing unea...
Opinion: U.S.-China relations just got a whole lot better, boosting the prospects of these three stocks
If you are laser-focused on inflation and the Federal Reserve’s policy, you might have missed a key breakthrough in U.S.-China relations that will boost U.S.-listed China stocks over the next six mont...