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Former Cisco CEO on China Crackdown, Robinhood’s Roadshow and Upcoming IPO & Previewing Tesla Earnings

TechCheck

CNBC

Disruptors, Tech, Technology, Cnbc, Management, Business, Faang, Investing

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Our anchors kick off this Monday morning with the sell-off in China stocks as the crackdown continues. Former Cisco CEO John Chambers joins to share his thoughts on the tech clampdown. We also have the details on Bitcoin picking up steam over the weekend after Amazon announced it is searching for an executive to develop its digital currency strategy. Then, MKM Partners Tech Analyst Rohit Kulkarni joins to discuss Robinhood’s upcoming IPO following its Roadshow event over the weekend. Later, author of “Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors” Ed Niedermeyer joins to share his thoughts on Tesla ahead of earnings. Plus, we have the story on Cloudflare taking aim at AWS for its high prices.

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0:00.0

I'm Carl Kintanilla. You're listening to CNBC's Tech Check. Our show is live weekdays at 11 a.m. Eastern. Listen in.

0:06.9

Good Monday morning. Welcome to Tech Check. I'm Carl Kintania with John Ford and Dear Bosa. Coming up on the show today,

0:12.1

Chinese stocks fall as officials impose sweeping regulations, sparing no sector of the market.

0:18.0

Plus, Bitcoin briefly breaks 39K with some help from Amazon and Robin Hood

0:21.9

on pace for the best day now since May. And finally, Tesla kicks off a big week of earnings

0:27.6

for tech. The chip shortage in focus while Gigatoxas prepares for production D.

0:34.3

And welcome back, Carl. We start with the sell-off in Chinese stocks. The government cracked down on business, now expanding to ed tech and food delivery. In addition, the recent curbs on ride-chair and music, fintech and gaming, TAL and new Oriental education, both down more than 10% today after the government said it was looking to force after school tutoring services

0:55.5

to shift to a not-for-profit business model. Those are currently quite profitable models. Goldman

1:01.5

Sachs forecasts such a move will shrink the market by 76%. Regulators also saying there that online

1:08.2

food platforms must pay workers at least the minimum local wage

1:12.9

shares of Maituan, the largest food delivery service in the country, did not take the news

1:17.7

very well.

1:18.7

And ride chair and company, Didi, take a look, just keeps getting clobbered, now down more

1:23.3

than 40% since its U.S. debut on June 30th.

1:27.1

This morning, Atlantic equities downgrades the

1:28.9

stock to neutral, saying the range of outcomes leave us unable to recommend the stock until

1:34.2

there is more certainty. If you've been invested in Chinese internet stocks, take a look at the

1:39.0

broad group, the ETFK Webb, is down 28% in just a month. It is lower, has been underperforming all year.

1:46.3

And guys, while some might be tempted to see this as a buying opportunity, that note really

1:52.3

says at all with China. It is really difficult to know John when regulators are satisfied

1:58.6

or even the motives. We've been talking a lot about the personal data protections and the implications there,

2:04.0

but part of this is political, too, especially when it comes to those ed tech companies.

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