Samsung, one of the largest companies in South Korea, says it may want to buy US flash chip company Sandisk (SNDK). The US firm’s stock has dropped from a 52-week high of…
China now has more people online than the US, 253 million to be exact. The China Internet Network Information Center says that the number of internet users was up 56% from June…
Baidu.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU) just posted its quarterly earnings report, and our conversions are into US Dollars rather than Chinese RMB. The Chinese internet search giant said operating income rose about 86%…
Douglas A. McIntyre After some deals in Asia overnight, Yahoo! now claims that its search feature is on 600 million phones. According to Reuters, "the mobile advertising market is expected to rise to $16.2 billion…
Google (GOOG) rules the search world in all but one important country. China not only has the largest population in the world, it has the largest number of people online totaling 221…
These are ten of the top calls we see affecting shares this Friday morning in the early pre-market trading hours: Aetna (NYSE: AET) raised to neutral at Credit Suisse. Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU)…
Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) just posted earnings of $0.67 non-GAAP EPS on $81.9 million revenues. The estimates for the Chinese online search engine leader from First Call were $0.60 EPS on $75.39…
Douglas A. McIntyre This evening we’ll get to see earnings Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU). The estimates for the Chinese online search engine leader from First Call are $0.60 EPS on $75.39 million in revenues. Next…
Douglas A. McIntyre Based on estimates from the Chinese government, the most populated country in the world now has 221 million people online. That puts it even with the US. Of course, the market is…
Wall St. wanted some sign that the the recession might not be pulling the economy under for the next four or five quarters. Some investors still have hopes that the downturn will…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has set its sights on being the No.1 search engine in China. It will have to get ahead of the top search company there, Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), which has…
China businesses large and small have been stealing intellectual property from US and European firms for so long that no one remembers when it began. The estimates of lost revenue stretch into…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuteres, Novartis will buy Nestle’s Alcon stakes for $39 billion. Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) has given Yahoo! (YHOO) a dealine for buy-out talks. Reuters writes that Yahoo! will inform…
Two years ago the Shanghai Composites was at 1,300. It got over 6,000 last October and trades at about 3,300. At its recent 52-week low, it was off almost 50% from its…
Today we’ll get to see earnings out both Sina Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA) and Netease.com Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES). Sina Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA) estimates for the Chinese online media company from First Call are…