The merger does not mean success of this "test case", according to Xu Zhongbo, an analyst at Beijing Metal Consulting.
CW Chung, analyst at Nomura, said the recall was already taking a toll on Samsung's third-quarter earnings at its mobile division.
These moves represent Apple's desire to bolster declining mobile device revenues by capturing as much of its device owners' expenditures in the burgeoning growing audio accessories market as possible, says Paul Erickson, analyst at IHS Technology, a research group.
As Silicon Valley's biggest start-ups stay private for longer than ever before, there is a new face that is becoming an increasingly familiar sight: the research analyst.
The timing is as bad for Samsung as it is positive for Apple, said Geoff Blaber, analyst at CCS Insight.
Sony and Nintendo own their platforms and want to retain control and make as much money as possible from them, says Steve Bailey, gaming analyst at IHS Markit.
That's the biggest surprise in these figures, said Ma Kunping, a banks analyst at China Merchants Securities in Shanghai.
If the wealth of the country is going to be equitably distributed, it's necessary these resource revenues are captured, said Richard Horsey, a Yangon-based analyst.
have diverted toomuch resources to mobile games to spare investment in the development of [newtrendy online games], says Chenyu Cui, games analyst at IHS Markit.
More than one analyst admits Tencent, a rival to New York-listed Alibaba, is about the only Hong Kong large-cap company investors consistently ask about.
"The PC market appears to be stabilising," Ken Hui, analyst at Jefferies in Hong Kong, wrote in a research note.
While it may be weaker than the Chinese term for self-driving, which is wuren jiashi, there is room for misunderstanding among Chinese consumers, according to Zhong Shi, an independent automotive analyst in Beijing.
After a masters at Harvard in computer science, Ms Liu cut her teeth at Goldman Sachs, starting in 2002 as a junior analyst and working her way up to managing director.
Lower-than-average temperatures and torrential rains probably contributed to a more than 10% drop in beer industry sales volume in China in the first six months of 2016, an analyst said.
"Despite a down quarter, Apple remains far and away the market leader in smartwatches," said IDC analyst Ramon Llamas, with traditional watchmakers such as Casio, Fossil and Tag Heuer's recent attempts to break into the wearable-tech market making only a limited impact.
7 percent of China's GDP last year, or 474 billion yuan, according to a January report by ICBC analyst Jianpeng Yu.
"As is typical, Elon Musk has laid out a grandiose plan for the future with no time frames and few specifics, and no mention of how and when Tesla will be profitable," said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst at Autotrader, a US car magazine.
" In a note to clients last week, the WSJ says Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha said he expects 'muted' sales increases for the forthcoming models because he expects them to be a 'modest upgrade' to the existing phones.
Born in Turkey, he obtained his doctorate in energy economics in Vienna and began his career as an analyst at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the oil producers' group, often seen as having an agenda rivaling the agency's.
The excessively low rent-price ratio affects the development of the rental market, said Zhang Dawei, chief market analyst of Centaline, a real estate company.
