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Apple revenue jumps 2%, but sliding iPhone sales in China worry investors

  By Reuters February 01, 2024 Apple on Thursday reported sales and profit that beat Wall Street estimates, powered by growth in its iPhone business. But China sales missed analysts’ targets. Apple shares were down 1.7% in after-hours trading. The 2% rise in overall fiscal first-quarter sales for the company ended four straight quarters of … Continue reading Apple revenue jumps 2%, but sliding iPhone sales in China worry investors

Ant Group, Jack Ma-founded fintech giant, gets fined almost $1 billion by China regulators

  By Associated Press July 07, 2023 Chinese regulators are fining Ant Group 7.123 billion yuan ($985 million), claiming the financial technology provider violated laws related to corporate governance and consumer rights. The People’s Bank of China imposed the fine on Friday. “We will comply with the terms of the penalty in all earnestness and … Continue reading Ant Group, Jack Ma-founded fintech giant, gets fined almost $1 billion by China regulators

Alibaba Releases Chatbot As China Proposes Measures For Online Ads, AI

Alibaba Releases Chatbot As China Proposes Measures For Online Ads, AI by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, April 11, 2023 As China publishes proposed rules around advertising and artificial intelligence (AI), one of the country’s largest and most successful tech giants and marketplaces on Tuesday unveiled Tongyi Qianwen, the company’s artificial intelligence-based chatbot rival to ChatGPT. Alibaba’s … Continue reading Alibaba Releases Chatbot As China Proposes Measures For Online Ads, AI

Run Rabbit Run: What One Analyst In China Predicts

Run Rabbit Run: What One Analyst In China Predicts by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, January 29, 2023 Alaris Consulting Group in Shanghai published a report Sunday predicting trends and outcomes in business and geopolitics in China for this Year of the Rabbit. “This year we hope to see increased diplomatic efforts that implement protocols and procedures that … Continue reading Run Rabbit Run: What One Analyst In China Predicts

China, U.S. Tech Stocks Climb Throughout The Week On Different Drivers

China, U.S. Tech Stocks Climb Throughout The Week On Different Drivers ValueWalk / 30 Aug 2022   Tech stocks in China and the U.S. are popping, although for different reasons. In China, an agreement between Washington and Beijing over their long-running audit disagreement triggered gains in Chinese tech stocks because their U.S. listings appear to be protected. … Continue reading China, U.S. Tech Stocks Climb Throughout The Week On Different Drivers

4 Quality Considerations While Importing Products From China

Dhruv Mehta August 13, 2020 Need for Importing Products From China China’s export of goods is infinitely high at this time. China’s trade surplus reached 422 Billion US dollars in 2019. The export value reached 2.5 trillion US dollars. During this last decade, export has exponentially grown and that shows in their GDP contribution. The … Continue reading 4 Quality Considerations While Importing Products From China

Starbucks, Alibaba Launch Voice Ordering In China

Starbucks, Alibaba Launch Voice Ordering In China by Chuck Martin , September 19, 2019 Using Alibaba’s smart speaker, Starbucks is launching voice ordering and delivery in China. Customers can use Alibaba’s Tmall Genie smart speaker to place an order by voice for delivery within 30 minutes. Starbucks is leveraging Alibaba’s on-demand food delivery platform Ele.me. … Continue reading Starbucks, Alibaba Launch Voice Ordering In China

65% Of Google Employees Surveyed Are In ‘Favor’ Of Censored China Search Engine

65% Of Google Employees Surveyed Are In ‘Favor’ Of Censored China Search Engine by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, August 20, 2018 Google employees protested Project Maven, a Pentagon project that required Google to help improve drone strikes, which prompted the company to rethink the government contract. The anonymous community platform Blind wanted to explore whether, if … Continue reading 65% Of Google Employees Surveyed Are In ‘Favor’ Of Censored China Search Engine

U.S. Marketers Feel A Chill In China

China’s wealth continues to increase state-funded projects like electric-vehicle charging stations and computer and smartphone operating systems, as part of the country’s strategic government initiatives to become more independent. Not everyone wants to talk about the OS that China’s government expects to release later this year and how it could create a barrier of entry … Continue reading U.S. Marketers Feel A Chill In China