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Why China’s Authorities Blocked Google
The feud between authorities in China and Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) escalated Wednesday night when Chinese users were blocked from Google’s global Web site for a period of at least two hours.
For weeks China has been chastising Google for disseminating “huge amounts of porn and lewd information.” The company has made a strong effort to accommodate Beijing’s high “moral” standard by launching a separate Chinese Web site, Google.cn, to filter out sensitive information.
Still, China’s war on the search engine has only intensified. That has led some analysts to believe that the communist government is acting on behalf of Baidu…
26Jun2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedWould You Like Some Chrome On Your Internet?
With the advent of Google’s foray into Web browsers with Google Chrome, we have yet another contender for the title of Web Browser King. If you’re not a die-hard web user this may not seem like a great title. Some Web browsers are better than others, yes, but these browsers are free anyway, so what’s the point if one is more popular than another. Believe it or not, the business of Web browsers is pretty important, not to mention occasionally profitable. The popular websites of today may also be the operating systems of tomorrow.
Obligatory History Lesson
Before I continue, though,…
3Sep2008 | Oxbury Research | Comments Off | ContinuedGlobal Investing Roundups
Bristol Myers Moves for ImClone; Kodak Earnings Fade; Diana Shipping Doubles Earnings; Crude Stumbles Again; Google to Start VC Fund; Primetime Ad Drama; MasterCard Slumps on Less Spending; S&P Says U.S. Car Companies are “Junkâ€
-Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) yesterday (Thursday) offered $4.5 billion in cash for biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. (IMCL), the Associated Press reported. ImClone’s board has yet to comment on the proposal, which offers its stockholders $60 per share, a 30% premium to its Wednesday closing price of $46.44. Bristol-Myers already owns about 17% of ImClone.
-Eastman Kodak Co. (EK) said yesterday (Thursday) that second-quarter profit fell, as traditional…
1Aug2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedMarket Rebound: Merger Mania is Back
A Wall Street titan is dead. It grew so large and its weight got so cumbersome its knees buckled. As I write, the all-American giant is crumbling to the ground with cash spewing out of every orifice.
In case you missed the news this morning, Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) just made a historic move. It announced it is willing to purchase Yahoo! at a the jaw-droppingly high price of $31 per share. History books will show paying the 62% premium will go down as one of Bill Gates’ greatest blunders.
I have spent a good part of my career studying business life cycles. Since…
1Feb2008 | Guest Contributor | 4 comments | Continued
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