“Shares of Apple are down $7.26, or 1.6%, at $435.40, following a note to clients this morning by Citigroup’s Glen Yeung in which he reiterates a Neutral rating on the stock and a $480 price target, after reflecting upon reports last week of push-back in China against the company by media and regulators,” Tiernan Ray reports for Barron’s.
“Writes Yeung, ‘a series of anti-Apple propaganda that began on World Consumer Rights Day on 3/15’ give him concern ‘about the impact of this propaganda on Apple’s China market share,'” Tiernan Ray reports for Barron’s. Yeung notes Apple has posted a note on its site to Chinese consumers to ‘explain company policies,’ but that it sparked another negative response from State media outlet People’s Daily.”
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