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Barron's Looks Back At The Market Crash Of 1987
Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 10:18am | 594This weekend's Barron's features a special report that looks back at the Black Monday crash of 1987. Articles discuss whether a machine-driven meltdown could be imminent and a how investors can protect their portfolios now. Also, four Wall Street vets remember Black Monday and...
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Will Alibaba And Home Depot Bring Good News To Retail Earnings Season?
Sunday, August 13, 2017 - 5:28pm | 745More of the big retailers are on deck to report their most recent quarterly results this week. Wall Street is braced for mixed results from the troubled sector again this week. Yet two leading specialty retailers could buck the trend of low expectations. The big-box stores and the major...
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How Store Counts Of America's Biggest Retailers Changed Since 2007
Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 5:17pm | 476Online retailing has sounded the death knell for the brick-and-mortar operations of many big box retailers, so much so that the latter category has jumped into the bandwagon of online selling. That said, online sales of big box retailers account only for a very small proportion of their total...
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JD.com's CEO: 'Trump Won't Be A Big Issue'
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 3:26pm | 287JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD) is China's second largest online retailer so investors have reason to be concerned how the company would be impacted under any potential trade war or rhetoric initiated by President-elect Donald Trump. In a rare interview with American media, JD.com's CEO Richard Liu...
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Wal-Mart Deal With JD.com Includes Incentives For Retailer To Raise Stake
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 10:12am | 243Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD) formed a strategic relationship earlier this month, which will see Wal-Mart's presence in China greatly improved. As part of the agreement, Wal-Mart will receive 144.95 million newly issued JD.com shares, representing approximately...
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Wal-Mart, JD Form Alliance That Values Wal-Mart's China Unit At $1.5 Billion
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 1:15pm | 494Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) entered into an agreement with JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD) to improve its presence in China. As part of the agreement, Wal-Mart will receive 144.95 million newly issued JD.com Class A ordinary shares, representing approximately 5 percent of all shares...
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12 Questions For Alibaba's First-Ever Analyst Day
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 10:16am | 662China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) will host its first-ever analyst day on June 14, and is expected to take questions, among others, over concerns around the health of the Chinese consumer, traction with O2O and monetization of Ant Financial. It remains to be seen whether management...
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JD.com Details Expanded Partnership With Australian Wine Company
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 8:57am | 344JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD), one of China's largest e-commerce players, announced on Wednesday it has expanded a partnership with Penfolds, one of Australia's most iconic wine brands. As part of the revised agreement, JD.com will become the first company that has been granted permission to sell...
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JD.Com Said To Be Exploring A $1.5 Billion Bond Offer
Monday, April 18, 2016 - 9:20am | 174According to a report by Bloomberg, JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD) is evaluating a $1.5 billion bond offer. Bloomberg, citing "people familiar with the matter," noted that e-commerce giants, specifically the country's second largest online retailer after Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), offer...
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JD.Com Announces Its JD Daojia Will Merge With China's Largest Crowd-sourcing Delivery Platform
Friday, April 15, 2016 - 11:05am | 321China-based eCommerce giant JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD) announced on Friday that its O2O business, JD Daojia, will merge with Dada Nexus Limited, the country's largest crowdsourcing delivery platform. The newly formed company will continue operating as a crowdsourcing delivery platform...
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JD.Com Announces New Strategic Partnership With Japan-Based Kao Group
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 8:04am | 202JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD), one of China's largest eCommerce platforms, announced on Thursday it has entered into an agreement with Japan-based Kao Group, a large Japanese consumer products group. As part of the agreement, JD.Com will open a new Kao Group cross-border flagship store on...
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Wall Street Is Hungry For Costco, Kroger Earnings
Sunday, February 28, 2016 - 7:40pm | 577Two specialty retailers are expected to report their latest quarterly results this week. Consensus forecasts call for modest earnings growth from both companies. But only one of them has exceeded expectations in the past few quarters. The parade of quarterly results from the big retailers begins...
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The Earnings Spotlight Is On Wal-Mart And Other Retail Giants This Week
Sunday, November 15, 2015 - 3:30pm | 822Big-box retailers will highlight the week's quarterly earnings reports. Expectations are low for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY), but somewhat higher for Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) and Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT). Bottom line growth is expected from some other...
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An 'Excellent' Entry Point For Chinese E-Commerce Stocks
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 3:45pm | 420While investors worldwide are scrambling to determine what is going on with the Chinese stock market, Morgan Stanley analyst Robert Lin released a new report this week outlining several buying opportunities that the Chinese market chaos has created. According to Lin, certain Chinese Internet...
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Oppenheimer Says JD.Com 'Continues To Expand'
Monday, May 11, 2015 - 12:07pm | 262In a report published on Sunday, Oppenheimer analyst Ella Ji commented that JD.com Inc (NASDAQ: JD) reported "satisfactory" first quarter results last week and the company continues to expand in to new categories which reaffirm a bullish stance on shares. Ji noted JD.Com maintained "solid" gross...