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Google sells stake in Baidu.com

by Matt Chapman

23 Jun 2006

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Google has announced that it will sell its minority stake in Chinese search engine Baidu.com
Google's 2.6 per cent of Baidu is now worth $60m

Google has announced that it will sell its minority stake in Chinese search engine Baidu.com

The search giant owns just 2.6 per cent of Baidu, but has decided to sell up to concentrate on its own service in the region, Google China

Google will still profit from the sale, however, as shares in Baidu have risen to $80 since their opening price of $27 last year.

The $5m (£2.74m) worth of shares that Google owns are now worth more than $60m (£33m).

Google had previously dismissed rumours that it was going to close Google China because of Chinese government censorship.

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