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LYONS, France, January 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- thierry Ehrmann, founder and CEO of Artprice, wishes to inform the market that the decision (7 January 2013) regarding guarantees of intellectual property rights in China will henceforward allow Baidu, the most visited website in China and the fourth most visited on the internet, the same bandwidth and machine power as Google (contractual agreement since 2003); Henceforward, Baidu will be able to search over one million logs per...
BEIJING, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with Providence Equity Partners ("Providence") pursuant to which Baidu will purchase shares of iQiyi.com ("iQiyi") held by Providence for an undisclosed amount. Upon completion, Baidu will have a substantial majority stake in iQiyi. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081103/BAIDULOGO )...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Two of China's Internet giants are teaming up to share mobile search results and content between their platforms. Baidu, the country's main search engine, is partnering with Sina, which run's the country's most popular micro-blogging social network service. Under the deal, Sina plans to integrate Baidu search into its mobile site, while Baidu will have a cloud service with Sina's preinstalled social network app, Weibo. The...
BEIJING, July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Baidu, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced the realignment of four main business functions: Sales, Commercial Operations, User Products and Technologies, and Commercial Products and Technologies. Baidu will implement an executive rotational program to promote management innovation and efficiency. "With the development and rising complexity of Baidu's business, promoting...
Photos leaked on the Internet show that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was in China on Monday meeting with the chief of that country's largest search engine, leading to speculation that the 26-year-old was there in an attempt to stop the blocking of his popular social networking website.The pictures show Zuckerberg, who recently was named the Time Magazine Person of the Year for 2010, meeting with Baidu head Robin Li. Baidu spokesman Kaiser Kuo told AFP that the two met and had lunch...
BEIJING, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that Baidu and Providence Equity Partners ("Providence") have signed an agreement pursuant to which Providence will invest $50 million in Baidu's new online video company to develop an advertising supported online video business providing premium licensed content in China. Baidu will continue to maintain majority ownership in the company. The new...
BEIJING, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that Chief Technology Officer Mr. Yinan Li has resigned from the company for personal reasons. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081103/BAIDULOGO ) "We appreciate all that Yinan has contributed to Baidu and we wish him every success in his future endeavors," said Robin Li, Baidu's chairman and chief executive officer. About...
BEIJING, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced several changes in senior management. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081103/BAIDULOGO ) Mr. Haoyu Shen, vice president of business operations, has been promoted to senior vice president. Mr. Zhan Wang, senior director of business products, has been promoted to vice president. Baidu also announced the resignation of...
BEIJING, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced the relocation of its headquarters to Shangdi, an area designated by the Beijing municipal government as the center of the city's information technology industry. The new facility, called Baidu Campus, occupies 91,500 square meters of gross floor area and currently houses approximately 3,000 of Baidu's employees. (Logo:...
BEIJING, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that its chairman and chief executive officer, Robin Li, will present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVIII Conference. The presentation is scheduled to take place at 1:30 PM ET on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Goldman Sachs Conference Center, New York. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081103/BAIDULOGO ) About Baidu...
