Darren Liccardo left Tesla‘s autopilot project in 2015 to help start Chinese drone giant DJI’s Silicon Valley development center, and to invest in drone-related start-ups. Liccardo will still be making investments, but now as part of his own firm. According to a filing with the SEC on Thursday, Liccardo is aiming to raise $50 million […]
Read moreNetworking with health care venture capitalists is now a full-time job. Both Amazon Web Services and Nvidia have job openings for folks who can network with health investors from the elite firms. In Nvidia’s case, that means funds like Venrock, which it specifically mentions. The AWS listing doesn’t name-check any firms in its job listing, […]
Read moreThe executive in charge of Facebook’s efforts to court China has left the company, a fresh setback for the social network as it seeks to get its products into China’s huge internet market. Wang-Li Moser, who as Facebook’s lead liaison with Beijing had become a symbol of its ambitions in the country, resigned in December, […]
Read moreNothing spooked the markets in 2017, with stocks experiencing record low volatility. However, with mounting geopolitical issues, political uncertainty in the United States and rising interest rates around the globe, this year could see many more ups and downs. What could impact markets in 2018? Here are six issues that investors should be paying attention […]
Read moreTop executives of Huawei, including founder Ren Zhengfei, will pay a self-imposed fine totaling 3 million yuan ($469,000) for management oversight of some quality breaches at the firm, an internal company memo shows. In a notice sent to Huawei staff on Jan. 17, Ren said there had been cases of “quality breach and business falsification” […]
Read morePayment company Square is “analogous to Amazon or Google in their early days” but Wall Street is valuing the stock all wrong, according to Nomura Instinet The firm reiterated its buy rating on the company’s stock Friday, calling big gains in 2018 as the company disrupts the payments industry. The San Francisco-based company’s climb to […]
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London's 'almost toxic' housing market might not give investors the returns they are looking for
London housing has become less attractive for investors as they see limited room for prices to pick up in the U.K.’s expensive capital city, according to analysts. Brexit and higher taxes to purchase a house have also increased concerns over investment opportunities in London, with investors considering opportunities elsewhere. “There seems limited scope for price […]
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Nvidia has already surged more than 15 percent in the new year, and one trader is betting that the chipmaker has even more room to run. While chip stocks have been on a tear, TradingAnalysis.com founder Todd Gordon has his eye on Nvidia in particular thanks to what he believes is a strong performance pattern […]
Read moreNvidia shares will surge again this year due to a strong upgrade cycle in its gaming graphics chip business, according to one Wall Street firm. Bank of America Merrill Lynch raised its price target for the chipmaker to the highest among the firms covering Nvidia, citing the company’s product leadership in multiple growth areas in […]
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Walmart has been one of the strongest performers in the Dow over the past year, finishing 2017 with its best gains since the turn of the century. But it’s not done yet. Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, sees the case for its shares to go even higher. “It has rallied sharply over […]
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