September 11, 2009

DIGC 102 Week 3 Workshop

I just found I may miss the task of Week 3, so I have to finish it.

Company Information:

Company name: Baidu

Website URL: baidu.com

Headquarters physical location: Beijing, China

Parent Company:   —

Subsidiaries: Baidu, Inc. (Japan)

What industry is the company part of?:  Internet search

Who are the board of directors/chairman/CEO etc?: Robin Li, Greg  Penner, William  Decker, Nobuyuki Idei, James  Ding.

What other companies do they run/are involved in?: Nokia, Dell, Yahoo!, Ebay,IBM, Lenovo and so on.

What kind of salaries are they on?: About 150,000-300,000 RMB PER YEAR

Number of employees:6,252

Financial Information:

Stock Exchange Trading Name or ASX title: BIDU

Financial Reports (location):  Financial reports locate on company website. Please click here to check.

Annual Reports (location): Annual Reports  locate on company website. Please click here to check.

Annual sales: $228 million (2007)

Net income: 629 million RMB (2007)

Total assets: —

Last announced profits/losses: 628.97 million RMB (2007)

Liquid versus assets: —

Tota market value: $ 12,975,750,180

Number of shareholders:  The number of main shareholders is 7.

Significant investors: —

References:

Baidu 2006 ,accessed 11/09/2009, http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-homeprofile

Baidu 2007,  2007 Annual Report, accessed 11/09/2009, http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/18/188/188488/items/304648/888.pdf 

Baidu 2008,  Baidu search corporation(cooperation and history), accessed 11/09/2009,http://hi.baidu.com/2831730/blog/item/17eb00e828a2fb3ab90e2dc1.html

Nasdaq 2009, Stock Quote & Summary Data, accessed 11/09/2009, http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=BIDU

Wikipedia 2009, Baidu, accessed 11/09/2009, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu

YingjieshengBBS 2007, Baidu claims the salary of graduate can be up to 15 to 30 million RMB per year, accessed 11/09/2009, http://bbs.yingjiesheng.com/thread-1349-1-1.html