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China's Baidu Inc forecast first-quarter revenue below analysts' expectations, amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country. Baidu, whose search engine dominates the country's market, forecast first-quarter revenue between 21 billion yuan ($2.99 billion) and 22.9 billion yuan, while analysts had expected 23.08 billion yuan, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. ($1 = 7.0128 Chinese yuan renminbi) … [Read more...] about Chinese search engine Baidu forecasts current-quarter revenue below estimates

David Cameron, the Conservative leader, is facing calls for Coulson to quit as his director of communications. This morning Cameron was forced to defend the former News of the World editor, telling reporters outside his home in London: "It's wrong for newspapers to breach people's privacy with no justification. That is why Andy Coulson resigned as editor of the News of the World two and a half years ago. … [Read more...] about News of the World phone hacking: CPS to undertake urgent review of evidence

Between June 7 and September 30, 2019, NKT New Solution and Technology Development Investment JSC and its subsidiaries contributed 4.45 billion baht or VNĐ3.27 trillion and 58 million baht or VNĐ42.6 billion to Central Group’s Q3 revenue and profit. … [Read more...] about Electronic retailer Nguyễn Kim acquired by Central Group

LOS ANGELES — Medical staff caring for a California woman with the first US case of novel coronavirus of unknown origin were unable to get her tested for five days because she had not traveled to outbreak-hit regions, a lawmaker revealed on Thursday. … [Read more...] about US patient with coronavirus of unknown origin denied test for days

An AFP correspondent accompanied the rebels into Saraqeb, where he found a ghost town of bombed out buildings. The counterattack temporarily reverses one of the key gains of the government since its offensive against the country's last rebel enclave in December.— AFP … [Read more...] about 33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria’s Idlib