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Tech Leaders Make Forbes’ Most Powerful People List

Tricia Duryee in Enterprise on November 5, 2011 at 11:21 am PT

Forbes has compiled a list of the 70 most powerful individuals, and along with some of the world’s leading politicians and religious leaders, tech leaders made a strong showing.

Alibaba’s Jack Ma: Make Up Your Mind, Yahoo

John Paczkowski in AsiaD on October 19, 2011 at 7:15 pm PT

Alibaba’s CEO says he’s ready to buy all or part of Yahoo, just as soon as the company’s board figures out what it wants to do. But he says he won’t wait forever …

China Looks at Baidu

Loretta Chao and Owen Fletcher, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 16, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

Chinese Internet-search company Baidu Inc. said Chief Executive Robin Li met recently with two senior Chinese officials, the latest in a series of high-level official visits with Web companies as the government tries to tighten control of the sector. Meanwhile, Qunar.com Information Technology Co., a travel-search company of which Baidu owns a majority stake, said [...]

Three Markets U.S. Internet Companies Can’t Ignore: Social, Mobile and … China

Jeff Richards and Jenny Lee, Partners, GGV Capital in Voices on August 30, 2011 at 12:45 pm PT

Pretty much every U.S. Internet start-up today has a social and mobile component to its business; it’s standard operating procedure in 2011.

Baidu Profit Jumps on Customer Growth

Owen Fletcher, Joan E. Solsman and John Letzing, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 26, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Baidu Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter net profit nearly doubled from a year earlier as the Chinese Internet search company attracted more advertisers and as marketing customers stepped up their spending, and the company gave a better-than-expected revenue forecast for the third quarter.

Baidu, Record Labels in Deal

Loretta Chao, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 19, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Baidu Inc. reached a deal with major record labels to provide licensed copies of songs on the Chinese Internet search giant’s site, a landmark agreement that brings the music industry together with a company long accused by industry executives of abetting piracy.

Microsoft to Provide English Search Results on Baidu

Owen Fletcher, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 4, 2011 at 3:03 pm PT

Baidu Inc. this year will start sourcing some results for users’ English-language searches from Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, the companies said Monday.

What's Really Going On With Facebook's China Plans

Liz Gannes in Social on April 28, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Facebook is eager to push out a Chinese version of its site soon, which is likely to be integrated with its larger social graph, but gated by warning messages about Chinese government monitors and censors. Let the controversy begin.

Baidu's Profit Jumps on Strong Revenue

Owen Fletcher and Joan E. Solsman, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 28, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Baidu Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier as customer numbers and their average ad spending continued to grow quickly, and the Chinese online search provider gave a better-than-expected revenue outlook.

Google's New Approach to Search in China: Not Winning

John Paczkowski in News on April 22, 2011 at 5:27 pm PT

A year after Google first announced it, the company’s “new approach to China” continues to undermine its search business in the country. According to Analysys International, Google lost search market share in China for the fifth quarter in a row, ceding most of it to Baidu, its main rival in the country. Google currently holds a 19.2 percent share of Chinese search market, down 11.8 percentage points since the beginning of last year when it first threatened to leave the country. Meanwhile, Baidu’s share has climed to 75.8 percent.