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Trade tensions between China and the U.S. are once again on the rise over President Donald Trump’s threats to ban TikTok and WeChat in the U.S. starting on Sunday. With the November election now only about six weeks away, S3 Partners analyst Ihor Dusaniwsky said short sellers are...

The drama over the fate of popular Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is ongoing Friday, with the U.S. Commerce Department announcing that it will ban U.S. business transactions on TikTok starting Sunday. What Happened? Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat will seemingly no longer be able...

Even as Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are hovering around all-time highs, Wall Street analysts see the scope for further upside. The Apple Analysts: Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives maintained an Outperform rating for Apple shares with a $515 price target.  Morgan Stanley...

From removing “Fortnite” to a potential ban on WeChat in the U..S, there has been a lot of news related to the Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store in recent weeks. Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan said Tuesday the safest place for investors to watch the drama unfold is from the...

The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Stocks closed the week higher after investors regained optimism regarding a sustained recovery. Remember This: “Earnings season has been very impressive so far, now you can couple that with the employment backdrop quickly improving as well. Not a...

Business owners and merchants on Tencent Holding Ltd's (OTC: TCEHY) messaging application WeChat will be able to build virtual stores using a new tool called "WeChat Minishop" on a trial basis. What Happened Minishop incorporates order management services, transaction, logistics, and...

China's Tencent Holdings Ltd. (OTC: TCEHY) has committed nearly $70 billion for investment in the emerging technology sector in the country over the next five years, CNBC reported Tuesday. What Happened The WeChat parent company will invest in startups working with technologies like artificial...

NBA games during the upcoming season could be further restricted in China, but Cowen said it's is skeptical it will materially affect Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE)'s most profitable region. The Analyst  John Kernan reiterated an Outperform rating on Nike with a $105 price target...

If Google offered a banking product, would you sign up?  The biggest threat of disruption in the banking industry may not come from fintech firms, but large technology companies. Companies like Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) or Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) may...

In a decisive step toward bringing its investment research and tools to a broader audience, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) has partnered with Chinese tech giant Tencent Holding ADR (OTCMKTS: TCEHY) to bring a mobile version of the brokage’s research platform to the popular WeChat...

After tweeting that it has returned a donation from Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), the NAACP is calling on users to #LogOutFacebook following Monday’s Senate report that revealed that Russia’s Internet Research Agency has been using Facebook to stir up racial tensions in an effort to...

There are many instances when the fate of a product is decided by reviews posted online by users or the number of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) likes, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) followers and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s YouTube video views. However, do these metrics really reflect the...

UBS's Steven Milunovich consulted with two notable Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) experts to gain further perspective on the company's outlook. The analyst met with Asymco's Horace Dediu and Above Avalon's Neil Cybart, both of whom are positive on Apple's business. Dediu explained to the analyst that...