Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Chinese IPOs raked in $9 billion in U.S. cash, then promptly fell 13% on average

Memory stores what has happened in the past, but can’t tell you what will happen in the future. It seems the same is true of memory companies......»»

As Wall Street gets ready to see how tech companies fared in the second quarter, the mantra about a ‘better second half’ is likely going to be a refrain in company conference calls.....»»

Welcome to the year of the giant tech IPO. A cavalcade of so-called unicorns, privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more, is galloping toward supersize initial public offerings. Uber alone raised $8.1 billion in its May debut. .....»»

Blue Apron Inc. investors applauded the news that the company has hired a new chief executive, Linda Kozlowski, the chief operating officer of Etsy Inc. until last year, but her new job may be a tough and thankless task......»»

Chip companies began stirring fears that the tech boom of the past decade is coming to an end last earnings season, when they began forecasting a downturn that has turned into the first chip slowdown .....»»

As large tech companies report first-quarter earnings in a flood of results during the next two weeks, they face a major test: Will they continue to post huge growth, and fuel further overall gains for the market, or settle into a more mild adulthood?.....»»

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has tried hard to force Alphabet Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. to disclose more information about their fast-growing businesses, but the tech giants aren’t playing along......»»

At least a dozen Chinese companies with collective private valuations of roughly $500 billion have been in talks about IPOs......»»

A Silicon Valley money factory soared with the tech boom, but grew greedy and obsessed with winning until its en.....»»

Shares in Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, which raised $4.7 billion in one of Hong Kong’s largest tech initial public offerings in recent years, fell on their debut as the broader market rose......»»

A stunning number of companies are trying to jump through the current hot market for initial public offerings, but investors would be wise to watch for rats hoping to sneak in amid the torrent......»»

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Wall Street was set to open lower after tech and industrial stocks fell, as fears of a trade spat between the United States and China failed to let up after President Donald Trump proposed 25 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports......»»

Tim Cook deserves all the kudos he is receiving as the chief executive to steer Apple Inc. toward the record $1 trillion market cap it reached this week......»»

It’s now been three days since Elon Musk roiled the U.S. markets with a tweet contending that funding was secured to take Tesla private at $420 a share in what would be the largest corporate private buyout ever, and his silence since is deafening......»»

A year ago, Americans learned that a company that warehoused their data without their express permission had leaked the personal information of more than half of all adults in the country. And then ... nothing happened......»»

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A Chinese app that does just about everything has found strong demand for its shares, bucking the trend of recent tech IPOs......»»

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is hoping that once again, by leapfrogging chip giant Intel Corp. with what it believes is better technology, it will gain back its lost share in the server market.....»»