Alibaba Group Holding Ltd BABA 0.49% traders are scrambling to decide how to play the company’s earnings report coming prior to the market open on Thursday. Fundamental and technical traders have been pouring over countless metrics for days trying to determine how the market will react to the latest numbers from the e-commerce giant.

A new report by Morgan Stanley focuses on the valuation of consumer staples stocks around the globe. According to the report, consumer staples stocks are currently trading at a hefty premium to historical valuations.

Solar industry experts and major companies in the Chinese solar power industry recently converged in Shanghai for the 2015 SNEC PV Power Expo. There were several recurring themes at the expo, and the Chinese government will likely play a major role in the industry throughout the rest of 2015.

In a blog post this afternoon, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced the open source release of its Fully Integrated Defense Operation (FIDO). Fido is Netflix’s automated system for recognizing, identifying and responding to network security incidents.

In a new report, analysts at MKM Partners took a close look at Discovery Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA). According to analysts, Discovery Channel has exhibited some domestic strength recently, but the overall outlook for the company remains challenging.

In a new report, analysts at Barclays updated their outlook for United States Steel Corporation X 2.06%. Analysts note that U.S. Steel has done everything it can do to reduce costs and weather the current weak steel market environment, but they currently see limited upside for the stock.