May 8th, 2013

Sogou Is Reportedly Being Courted By Baidu, Qihoo 360 And Tencent For An Acquisition

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Chinese Internet companies Baidu, Tencent and Qihoo 360 are reportedly competing to purchase Sogou, Sohu‘s search business. Sina Tech’s report cites unnamed sources in the investment industry (link via Google Translate) and Sogou CEO Wang Xiaoquan has already taken to his Sina Weibo account to brush off the report as “unreliable,” but it’s worth noting that rumors of two recent acquisitions–→ Read More

December 13th, 2012

Alibaba Group’s Taobao Removed From “Notorious Markets” List By U.S.

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The US announced on Thursday that Taobao Marketplace, owned by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has been removed from its yearly list of the world’s most “notorious markets,” a distinction they earned for being rampant with pirated and counterfeit goods. → Read More