Baidu.com - China’s Leading Search Engine Unaffected by Recession

July 24th, 2009 China's Baidu.com says profit up 44.6 percentBEIJING — Baidu Inc., which operates China's leading Internet search engine, said Friday its quarterly profit rose 44.6 percent from a year earlier on strong growth in revenue and numbers of advertisers. Net income for the three months ending June 30 was 383.3 million yuan ($56.1 million), or 11.02 yuan ($1.61) per share, the Beijing-based company said.

September 3rd, 2009 Executive who led Google's China expansion leavingBEIJING — The executive who led Google Inc.'s expansion in China after being hired away from Microsoft Corp. following a high-profile court battle is leaving to start his own business, the U.S.

May 19th, 2009 Google retains its top slot in the search engine market being the destination for largest number of web surfers in April. According to the recent data released by comSourceThe searchers throughout the month touched the 9.5 billion mark.

April 30th, 2009 Taiwan chip maker TSMC says 1Q profit down 95 pct TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip maker, said Thursday its profit plunged by 94.5 percent in the first quarter, as the global recession hit demand for its products. The company said net income dropped to 1.56 billion New Taiwan dollars ($47.1 million) during the January-March quarter from NT$28.14 billion a year earlier.

July 28th, 2009 China's Baidu, Discovery Channel launch Web siteBEIJING — Baidu Inc., which runs China's leading search engine, and the Discovery Channel launched a Web site Tuesday to carry nature and science features, adding to rivalry in China's competitive Internet market. The site — discovery.baidu.com — will raise the Discovery Channel's profile in China, which restricts foreign access to its vast television audience.

August 6th, 2009 PC maker Lenovo reports loss amid weak demandBEIJING — Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, reported a $16 million quarterly loss Thursday and said it faces pressure from weak global demand and intense competition. The loss for the three months ending June 30, equal to 0.18 cents per share, compared with a $110 million profit a year earlier.

September 23rd, 2009 Baidu CEO draws big crowd in Google's backyardPALO ALTO, Calif. — The billionaire founder of a popular search engine drew a big crowd Wednesday at Stanford University — and it wasn't one of the guys that started Google Inc.

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June 19th, 2009 Google to step up anti-porn efforts in ChinaBEIJING — Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene and vulgar sites.

November 18th, 2007 By default in Firefox you can type one or more keywords in the location bar. Firefox recognizes that it is not an URL and uses I'm Lucky search with Google search engine for version < 2; it uses Google search by name for Firefox version 2 and above.

November 10th, 2006 Opera Browser is the best in terms of search engine integration. It allows you to easily add your own search engines, access search engines by a single alphabet and finally set any search engine as the default.

January 10th, 2009 BEIJING - China has shut down another 50 websites for containing pornography and lewd content, bringing the total number of blocked sites to 91 since last Thursday. Authorities have vowed to beef up crackdown efforts in the following days and urged law-breakers to voluntarily turn themselves in to local public security departments.

April 29th, 2009 Internet company IAC reports first-quarter loss NEW YORK — The recession's effect on advertising is hurting IAC/InterActiveCorp. The Internet services company led by Barry Diller says it recorded a first-quarter loss as revenue fell 22 percent in its media and advertising unit, which includes search engine Ask.com.

May 14th, 2009 A look at economic developments around the globe A look at economic developments and stock market activity around the world Thursday: TOKYO — Electronics giant Sony Corp. reported its first annual net loss in 14 years and forecast a bigger loss this year, saying the pressure from sliding sales, competition in gadget prices and a strong yen was expected to continue.

July 24th, 2009 Samsung says quarter-2 net profit rose 5.2 percentSEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics said Friday that second-quarter net profit rose 5.2 percent from the same period last year as sales of flat screen televisions and mobile phones increased and prices for memory chips moved higher amid stronger demand for personal computers. Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest manufacturer of computer memory chips and flat screen televisions, earned 2.25 trillion won ($1.81 billion) in the three months ended June 30, it said in a regulatory filing.