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Baidu: Street Estimates Are Heading South

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on December 10, 2008 at 2:47 pm PT

China-based Baidu’s earnings estimates have dropped sharply following the recent controversy involving the company’s connection to some unlicensed medical firms via search-related advertising. One Hong Kong analyst dropped his earnings forecast by five percent for this year and 19 percent for 2009.

Microsoft Suffering From Post-Traumatic Yahoo Disorder

John Paczkowski in News on June 20, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

The stress of Microsoft’s failed bid for Yahoo has apparently been so great, the company’s been put off its food. Microsoft says it has no intention of seeking the search advertising market heft it might have gained in an acquisition of Yahoo with a spate of other internet purchases.