Report: Baidu to announce European expansion plans
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(InfoWorld) - Baidu.com, China's most popular search engine, reportedly plans to announce details of a European expansion later this month. The announcement will be made by Baidu CFO Shawn Wang at a Nasdaq investor conference this month, the U.K.'s Sunday Telegraph newspaper said in an online report. That event, where Wang is a scheduled speaker,will be held in London on June 19. The Sunday Telegraph report did not offer details of Baidu's plans, including when the company planned to launch a European site or what language the site would use. However, the report hinted Baidu's planned site will be targeted at younger Internet users in a bid toÂ compete with GoogleÂ in Europe. Baidu officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Earlier this year, Baidu set up a Japanese search engine, the company'sÂ first foray beyond its home market. Despite plans to spend around $15 million on the Japanese site, most of its early visitors came from China, primarily in search of access to pornography censored by Baidu's Chinese Web site. In response, Chinese Internet censors apparently blocked access to Baidu Japan in April. At the time of writing, Baidu Japan remains unavailable in China.
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SOTOGRANDE, Spain -- The European Tour will feature three, and possibly four, tournaments in China next season. The new schedule, released Thursday at the Volvo Masters, begins Nov. 25-28 with the China Open in Shanghai.
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"We welcome Chinese investors in Hungary. Hungary can play and has already been playing a very useful role in China's foreign trade and investment operations with Europe thanks to its excellent geographical and logistical features"  Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said that The Hungarian Season, slated to be held in nine Chinese cities between September 2007 and April 2008, is an important milestone for the further development of ... via English.eastday.com
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Asian search leader Baidu.com denies reports that it will expand into Europe.
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Henkel, the German maker of Persil laundry detergent, plans a major expansion drive in North America and Asia, its chairman said.
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Chinese Internet search leader  Baidu.com  said on Monday it would enter Japan's search  market in 2007, prompting a 2 percent rise in its shares, but  analysts questioned whether the expansion would succeed.
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Taiwan's biggest carrier, China Airlines, plans to start cargo service to the Czech Republic's capital in mid November to meet Europe's rising demand for Asian goods, the company said Tuesday.
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China and the European Union are making efforts to map out a new agreement, aimed at nailing down their strategic partnership into legal framework amid ever stronger political and economic relations.Comment
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Hotel operator Marriott International  Inc  said it planned to quadruple its hotels in China to  100 in the next five to six years to tap growing demand for  tourism and business.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50438)  has announced the addition of Airline Network Development in Europe and  its Implications for Airport Planning to their offering.
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China plans to develop a new generation of carrier rockets with a payload capacity large enough to launch a space station, state media reported Monday.
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Airbus plans to source more parts for its planes from China and to establish an engineering base there, the head of the plane maker&#39;s Chinese operations said yesterday.
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The airline Ryanair today outlined its plans for expansion at Luton Airport. There will be nine new European destinations from January, including Esbjerg in Denmark and Barcelona.
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EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen is to launch a new plan to boost growth across the European Union next month.
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London is the most popular base for Chinese companies expanding into Europe, and has attracted 15 percent of all Chinese foreign direct investment into Europe since 2002, a new study shows.
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China and France have a great deal of room to expand the scale of bilateral trade and investment, said officials and experts ahead of French President Jacques Chirac's visit to China.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Yichang, Feb.