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Video of parked Model S spontaneously exploding adds to Tesla woes ahead of earnings results
Video of a parked Tesla Model S exploding and a Wall Street downgrade of the electric carmaker's stock pushed shares down 4 percent Monday, just as it prepared to issue results for a troubled first quarter. Brokerage Evercore cut its recommendation for shares of the ...
Brushing off censorship fears, Weibo eyes expansion to 'Chinese-speaking world'
Chinese social media giant Weibo is making a push into foreign markets and is considering launching new products in different languages, a senior executive said, brushing off concerns over censorship and credibility. The Twitter-style platform has long been prominent in China, known for its heavy ...
Hello, Toyota's president wants to be friends with you in China
Akio Toyoda has opened an account on Weibo seeking to win friends in China, an uncommon social media presence for Toyota Motor Corp.'s boss. Toyoda, 61, the president and chief executive officer of Asia's biggest automaker, got more than 16,000 followers within hours of his ...
Actress Mizuhara makes apology video following anti-China accusations
Popular American-Japanese model and actress Kiko Mizuhara has posted an apology video on the Chinese social media platform Weibo after being accused online of stoking anti-Chinese sentiment. Mizuhara, 25, star of the Chinese romantic comedy "No Other Love," which was directed by Chinese actress Zhao ...
