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Tough climb for niche marketplaces in SEA

Tough climb for niche marketplaces in SEA

Shopee’s rising seller frustration opens doors for niche players. Also: hard lessons from Ula’s ex-CEO on the startup’s final days.
Jofie Yordan · · 4 min read
Baidu acquires remaining stake in Renren’s daily deals site

Baidu acquires remaining stake in Renren’s daily deals site

Back in August last year, Chinese search engine Baidu acquired the majority stake in Renren’s (NYSE:RENN) group buying site for $160 million. Today both companies revealed that Baidu has now
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
China’s Baidu hiring in Thailand ahead of search engine expansion

China’s Baidu hiring in Thailand ahead of search engine expansion

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), China’s top search engine and web portal, will be launching its search engine in Thailand with a Thai language version, confirms Kaiser Kuo, the company’s international communications director.
Saiyai Sakawee · · 3 min read
Confirmed: Baidu acquires majority stake in Renren’s daily deals site for $160 million

Confirmed: Baidu acquires majority stake in Renren’s daily deals site for $160 million

After swirling rumors, Chinese search engine and web giant Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has officially confirmed this afternoon that it has acquired the majority stake in the Nuomi daily deals site. Nuomi
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

For First Time Ever, Baidu Sees Mobile Account For Over 10% of Revenues

We’ve seen China’s top search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), focusing on mobile a lot more in the past year. So how’s that working out? In Baidu’s latest financials for Q2 the
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

These Two Graphs Show Painful Drops for Google and Baidu in China Search Engine Market

Now that it’s July we have market share data for China’s hard-fought search engine sector. The industry was reinvigorated last August by the entrance of Qihoo (NYSE:QIHU) (previously a web
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

Forget Nixon in China, Here’s Kissinger in Baidu

Kissinger not pictured in Beijing today. This definitely isn’t Henry Kissinger’s first trip to China. The former US Secretary of State is back in the capital and has just paid
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Baidu and Tencent Thought to be Vying to Acquire Mobile Antivirus Expert

Antivirus products and services have been a renewed battleground in China in the past couple of years, enveloping several of the country’s top web businesses. According to rumors in the
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

China’s Baidu Just Made its First (Very Stealthy) Move into Indonesia

While we were doing our usual browsing of the web we stumbled on something very interesting: a new site by China’s Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) that’s an Indonesian version of its web
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min read

Baidu Acquires PPS for $370 Million, Claims It’s Now China’s Biggest Video Platform

Well, the rumors are true. Chinese search company Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) announced today that it has acquired PPS.tv’s streaming video service for $370 million. The acquisition bolsters Baidu’s video offerings (it
C. Custer · · 2 min read