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Baidu CEO says ad sales picked up since late Jan
Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:04pm BST

BOAO, China, April 17 (Reuters) - China's top Internet search company Baidu Inc (BIDU.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it had seen a significant rise in advertising since late January, as business sentiment improved in the world's third largest economy.

The Chinese economy has recovered in recent months, prompting Baidu's customers to spend more on advertising, Robin Li, the firm's chairman and chief executive officer, told reporters on the sidelines of the Boao Forum.

"Our data suggests that the confidence of many consumers and companies has been picking up rather rapidly since the Spring Festival," said Li, referring to the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which took place in late January this year.

The comments come after China posted this week its slowest quarterly growth on record in the first three months of 2008, while recent urban fixed-asset investment and industrial output growth showed signs that the economy may have hit bottom.

Baidu's advertising sales had been hit by the slowdown in China's economy and after the government forced it to remove paid listings from questionable medical firms.

The advertising industry in China, however, could face an abrupt slowdown this year, CTR Market Research said, as small-and-medium enterprises are particularly vulnerable to economic volatility.

There are some 200,000 active online marketing customers in various sectors running advertisements on Baidu, most of which have seen encouraging signs of business after the Spring Festival, Li said.

Baidu's fourth quarter net profit rose to $42.3 million, up 40 percent from a year earlier, but fell short of Wall Street expectations. [ID:nN18464551]

Li also said the company's investment in its Japanese language website would continue as scheduled, unchanged by the economic downturn.

"For a market as big as Japan, it requires years of patience to bear fruits," he said.

The company aims to have 70 percent of total revenue come from overseas markets in 15 years, Li said.

The company's reach overseas comes as global search leader Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) makes inroads into China.

Google launched free downloads of licensed songs last month in China, while sharing advertising revenue with major music labels in a market rife with online piracy.

Li said the focus of Baidu is to better organise resources available on the Internet, including music files, rather than becoming a music information provider.

Baidu trails Google and Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in Internet searches worldwide, but is by far the No.1 player in China, according to research firm comScore. ($=6.83 yuan) (Reporting by Michael Wei and Kirby Chien; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter)

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[Karlll]

Nachdem die 200 Dollar auf Schlußkursbasis gefallen sind, werden
sicher die Zahlen am 27.4. entscheiden, ob das nur ein Basislager
ist, oder ob es weiter in Richtung Gipfel geht.

Karlll

[Karlll]

March 24, 2009 7:17 AM EDT

Deutsche Bank initiates coverage on Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU) with a Buy rating, saying the worst is over and now the company can re-focuse on monetization. The firm set a $211 price target.

The firm said, " The search market, a duopoly dominated by Baidu (62% market share) and Google (28%), is still nascent and will continue to grow, given further penetration of SME advertisers, Internet users and increased allocation of online ad budget. We believe Baidu is poised to not only continue dominating online search but will have significant leverage to expand its footprint across the Internet economy via: 1) network effect, 2) brand equity, 3) technological/monetization advantage and 4) sales distribution network. Launch with Buy on strong growth prospects."

While the firm set a price target of $211 on Baidu, they said a "blue-sky" scenario suggests a valuation of $432 which they said is not "unrealistic."


Na, na, na

in diesem Umfeld schon wieder ein blue-sky Szenario von 432 $ zu
nennen ist wohl etwas jenseits von gut und böse.

Gleichwohl ich nichts dagegen hätte.

Hier scheinen ja viele gar nicht mehr investiert zu sein, die diesen Thread einst bevölkert haben.

Gruß Karlll

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Baidu Saw More Revenues from Rural Market

As of 12:00 AM ET 3/11/09

Baidu Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU) saw its revenues from agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery sectors swell more than 200% in the fourth quarter of 2008, disclosed Robin Li, board chairman and CEO of the leading search engine operator.

He believes that the rural market will contribute to more of the company's search service growth, with the popularization of the Internet. By the end of 2008, the country's search engine users have exceeded 200 million, with an annual growth of 33.6%, citing the latest report by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

Although the worldwide financial crisis slows down economic growth, and generates negative effect on Baidu's business development, the Chinese government's subsidized promotion of household appliances and the popularization of telephones in the rural market produce new growth poles for the company.

In the first quarter of 2009, Baidu made a special column for navel oranges stocked up in Zigui County of Hubei Province. Two months later, the county's sales volume of the fruit rose more than 30% from a year earlier.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.747.676 von Karlll am 11.03.09 18:11:00

sei doch froh dass es so gut läuft. ich bin es.

[Karlll]

Na, ja,
wer noch nicht mal im eigenen Hause den Tsunami bemerkt, woher soll
der denn wissen, was aushäusig vorgeht.

Für mich alles nur noch Kaffeesatzleserei. Steigt der Kurs, wird auch das Ziel angepasst.

Karlll

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BAIDU.COM neues Kursziel

12:35 - Goldman Sachs

New York, 11 Mäz (newratings.de) - James Mitchell, Analyst von Goldman Sachs, stuft die Aktie von BAIDU.COM (ISIN US0567521085 / WKN A0F5DE) unverändert mit "buy" ein. Das Kursziel werde von 153 auf 185 USD angehoben.

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Baidu Plan Targets Stronger Sales Channels

Posted on Mar 06, 2009 | 15:03


Baidu (Nasdaq:BIDU) has begun a nationwide program to benefit its sales agents by introducing senior executives, providing an enterprise resource planning system and building company culture, reports Chengdu Daily quoting Baidu Sales Vice President Shi Youcai. Baidu plans to begin touring major domestic cities including Chengdu next month to offer online sales solutions, said Shi. Some partners' revenue is as large now as Baidu's was five years ago, said Shi.

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Baidu's C2C platform shows promising start

Shanghai. March 6. INTERFAX-CHINA - The number of items listed on Baidu's new consumer-to-consumer (C2C) platform Baidu Youa accounted for 3.8 percent of all C2C item listings in China in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a research report released on March 5.

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was für ein lauf

Baidu.com upgraded to "buy"

03/05/09 - Citigroup

NEW YORK, March 5 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Citigroup upgrade Baidu.com (BIDU) from "sell" to "buy." The target price has been raised from $110 to $180.