Stocks to Watch: Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Visa Inc (NYSE:V), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Chinese video sites, including Baidu Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU)’s IQiyi, have been aggressively buying copyrights to licensed content to win advertisers and paying members as China’s 618 million Web users search for entertainment. Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock performance was 1.98% in last session and finished the day at $162.91. Traded volume was 9.47million shares in…

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Gold Stocks To Watch: Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC), Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)

HSBC has modified their ratings on a number of other stocks in the few days. The firm lowered its price target on shares of Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC) from $6.40 to $5.70. Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC) stock performance was 2.20% in last session and finished the day at $4.18. Traded volume was 5.55million…

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Touched News Highs: Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO), HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA), Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA)

The maker of screens for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) devices said it estimated operating profit of 27.2 billion yen ($266 million) for the year ended March, compared with its earlier projection of 30.4 billion yen. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was 0.73% in last session and finished the day at $571.94. Traded volume was 13.94million shares…

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4 Top Laggards: Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) raised more than anticipated in an offering of 22,600,000 shares of its common stock at $5.50 per share for a total of $124,300,000 in gross proceeds. It was the firm’s largest stock offering. The WSJ’s Money Beat reported that Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) was “a darling of day traders and a…

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4 Top Gainers: Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI), RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH), HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA), Body Central Corp (NASDAQ:BODY)

Shares of Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (NYSE:GFI) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven brokerages that are currently covering the company, Analyst Ratings Net reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company….

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Investor’s Alert: Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR), Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS)

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE), the largest solar-panel maker, will sell 25 million shares at a 17 percent discount as it raises money to build power plants. The American depositary receipts, which represent one ordinary share, will be sold for $3.50 apiece, the Baoding, China-based company said in a statement today. Yingli…

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