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Opinion: 4 lessons you can learn from LeEco’s failure in the US

Opinion: 4 lessons you can learn from LeEco’s failure in the US

LeEco’s ambitious plans for the US seem to have gone awry. Learn from its mistakes, or you may risk repeating them!
C. Custer · · 5 min read
The 10 largest investments in China this year

The 10 largest investments in China this year

Despite the coming of winter, China had another year of multi-billion dollar investments. Here are the top ten for 2016.
Eva Xiao · · 6 min read
$145 million in value lost in a single day: investors are still worried about LeEco

$145 million in value lost in a single day: investors are still worried about LeEco

LeEco’s stock dropped quite a bit on Tuesday, but that’s just a latest in the company’s precipitous value downslope.
C. Custer · · 2 min read
LeEco’s value drops by nearly $2 billion on reports of cash shortage

LeEco’s value drops by nearly $2 billion on reports of cash shortage

Photo credit: Pixabay. Is the music finally about to stop for China’s LeEco? The internet and smart gadget company has been a whirlwind of expansion and investment for the past
C. Custer · · 3 min read
‘China’s Netflix’ launches in the US, immediately fucks up

‘China’s Netflix’ launches in the US, immediately fucks up

Why do Chinese companies keep thinking the model that worked for Xiaomi in China in 2011 will work for them in the US in 2016?
C. Custer · · 4 min read

A new tech giant? Why you need to know about China’s LeEco

China’s LeEco doesn’t come up much when China’s top tech firms are mentioned. Maybe it should.
C. Custer · · 3 min read
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Netflix and China’s LeEco are working on a deal, and it sounds really weird

Netflix is going to partner with a major Chinese video company, but reports suggest it has nothing to do with launching in China.
C. Custer · · 3 min read

The Chinese firm behind this hot electric car just acquired US TV maker Vizio for $2b

It’s yet another sign of growing Chinese investment in US firms.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Bad news for Apple: Chinese teens don’t want to spend more than $150 on a phone

Perhaps more surprisingly, China’s teens use fewer apps than the adults.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

In trying to be China’s Google, is LeEco spreading itself too thin?

Chinese streaming video company LeEco just plunked down $500m to get into an entirely new sector of business. But can it really sustain these Google-like expansions into totally new markets?
C. Custer · · 4 min read