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...irrelevant whether the two would progress further in the tournament - their feat was already a huge achievement in a game long dominated by the West. Now the smart money is on China displaying the same relentlessness to evolve into a women's-tennis power (Chinese men, by contrast, have hit the proverbial net), just as the country has in being the largest exporting nation, the biggest holder of foreign reserves and almost the world's No. 2 economy, among myriad superlatives. In more ways than we can count, and whether one likes it or not, China is winning the global...
...were better [than Google] on stuff a Chinese Internet user would search for," says one insider. "They've since closed that gap somewhat, but that emphasis early helped us get and maintain our lead.'' Baidu has also introduced a question-and-answer service called "Baidu Knows," which is a hit. And the company just won a big legal battle when a popular music-download function it offers was cleared of copyright infringement by a Beijing court. The complaint had been brought against Baidu by major Western music labels...
...state-owned media, has turned on Baidu. In 2008, CCTV, the powerful state-run television network, aired reports on the site's habit of serving up unlicensed doctors and illegal pharmacies in response to medical queries on its engine. It turned out those were Baidu advertisers. The disclosures hit directly at the site's integrity and temporarily crushed the stock. Baidu has only just finished rolling out a new program that will delineate paid results from general searches, but that remedy has taken more time than some analysts expected. And recently two senior executives - the chief operating officer...
...million acres (413,000 hectares), killing 173 people. Over 2000 homes were reduced to ash, dozens of towns were emptied of their populations and native wildlife was cremated on a devastating scale. The intense heat boiled 200,000 trout alive in their ponds outside of Marysville, the town worst hit by the fires. (See pictures of the koala rescue effort during the fires...
With the shot clock off and time winding down, the Crimson managed to get an improbable four-point play from freshman Christian Webster. Webster, who started the game 0-for-3 from deep, caught the ball in the corner and hit the shot as he was fouled by Mavraides. After netting the free throw, Harvard was within a single point with 11.7 seconds left...