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 the last session and the average volume of the stock … Continue reading Stocks to Watch: Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Visa Inc (NYSE:V), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Consumer Goods Most Active: General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP)

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) revealed on Thursday it is the subject of five different government probes related to its massive recalls, including two previously unreported investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a state prosecutor. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) stock performance was -0.64% in last session and finished the day at $34.17. Traded volume was 33.35million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Consumer Goods Most Active: General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP)

Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is opening a factory in the San Joaquin Valley, but it’s almost certainly not the 6,500-job battery plant that’s being coveted by governors and community leaders in California and other states. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock performance was -4.87% in last session and finished the day at $207.99. Traded volume was 7.30million shares in the last session and the average volume … Continue reading Consumer Goods Most Active: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), General Motors (NYSE:GM), The Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO)

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers recently filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for permission to replace side mirrors with cameras, a dumb idea for those of us living above 40 degrees north latitude, stretching from New Jersey to northern California. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock performance was -0.50% in last session and finished the day at … Continue reading Automaker Stocks In News: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM)

Bloomberg reported that Fitch Ratings has cut Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA)’s credit grade from BBB- to BB+, one level below investment grade. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) stock performance was 2.55% in last session and finished the day at $12.86. Traded volume was 29.68million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 28.81million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.82. Alcoa Inc … Continue reading NYSE active Runners: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)