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That's no doubt true - but it's also true of several other domestic Internet companies that are moving swiftly to capitalize on Google's - choose one - self-inflicted wound/inspirational stand. Numerous sources says both Sohu.com - a Yahoo!-like website founded by MIT graduate Charles Zhang - and a hugely successful instant-messaging company called Tencent Holdings are already aggressively trying to hire Google China staff. (Google China declined to comment.) Neither has much of a presence in search, with less than 1% of the market each. But the two companies were investing significantly in search even before Google's ultimatum...
...date, in fact, the only thing crystal clear is the market's verdict on Google's stand. And however noble Google's anti-censorship stand may be, one of its large institutional investors (who did not want to be identified publicly) no doubt speaks for many when he says, "There are still a lot of us who can't believe they are going to be out of the Chinese search market; that they've effectively made this choice." But out is what the world's dominant search company will apparently be. "I guess," says the investor, "we just...
Unfortunately for the Crimson, it took too long to implement this step. The Raiders cruised through the second set, to the tune of a 30-22 margin, before Harvard could make an effective stand...
Though Harvard came close to tallying the equalizer several times, Gallagher’s lone second-period goal would stand as the game-winner...
...election appears to have helped fuel Sunni suspicion that he harbored a sectarian agenda. Maliki's troubles have been a boon to the Sadrists, who entered the election as the junior partner in the INA. But the Sadrists appear to be among the big winners of the elections ? and stand to win as many as 40 seats out of the 325 in the national assembly, potentially making their support crucial for any would-be prime minister. Still smarting from Maliki's crackdown against their militia in Basra in 2008, the Sadrists have refused to form a government with...