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Wall Street has been expecting earnings per share of $1.25, excluding items, on sales of $989.3 million. In February, year forecast for earnings of $1.20 to $1.26 per share, based compensation. Chief Executive E. Scott Beattie said that organizational improvements in Europe and Asia, particularly China, would contribute to revenues and earnings next year.

Stock Investing Course (AXcess News) Beijing - China's leading Internet search engine, Baidu.com Inc (Nasdaq: BIDU), said sales in the first quarter may double from a year earlier as the company attracts more advertisers. Baidu.com shares surged 12 percent onWednesday when the news first crossed the wires, but it slowly corrected itself over the next few trading days.

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Stock Market Game Revenue will probably rise to between 125 million yuan (US$15.5 million) and 130 million yuan, an increase of between 174 per cent and 185 per cent from a year earlier, the company said in a statement. The company, which listed on the NASDAQ in August, didn't provide comparative figures.

Stock Investing Game Baidu.com and Internet companies such as Google are expanding in China, where the number of online users rose 18 per cent last year. The nation had 111 million Internet subscribers by the end of 2005 and is the world's second-largest Internet market after the United States.

The jump soundly beat Wall Street estimates. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected an increase of 7.9 percent. Total sales for the month ended April 29 totaled $207.8 million, up 30 percent from $159.4 million in April 2005. For the year through the end of April, store sales were up 6 percent from last year, while net sales increased 20 percent to $657.3 million from $546. ago period.

Journal Prime Rate Street Wall "The online search market is growing at a rate much faster than the overall online advertising market in China," Robin Li, chairman and founder of Beijing-based Baidu.com said in a conference call Wednesday. "We continue to see strong potential for China's search market."

Stock Market News Baidu.com reported net income in the fourth quarter rose almost fourfold to 24.5 million yuan, or 0.71 yuan per share, from 6.37 million yuan, or 0.22 yuan. Profit for the full year soared to 47.6 million yuan from 12 million yuan.

Stock Investing Basics American depositary shares of Baidu.com rose to US$57.75 in extended trading after the results were reported. The stock gained US$1.63 to US$51.69 yesterday in NASDAQ Stock Market composite trading. The shares have lost 17.9 per cent this year.

Stock Investing Software Sales in the fourth quarter rose to 114.9 million yuan from 42.9 million yuan, beating the company's October forecast of as much as 106 million yuan.

Stock Market Trading Like Google, Baidu.com sells space next to its Internet search results. Advertisers pay a fee when users click on the ads. By the end of December, Baidu.com had 63,000 active online marketing customers, or advertisers, a rise of 18.6 per ent from the previous quarter.

Stock Investing For Dummy The company didn't provide comparative figures. Revenue per online marketing customer was 1,772.9 yuan, an increase of 9.7 percent from the previous quarter, it said.

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