Baidu Q2 Revenue Misses Estimates Amid Advertising Slump
Baidu reported a 4% year-over-year drop in its second-quarter revenue, missing analyst estimates as a decline in advertising revenue offset growth in its AI cloud services. This marks the company's fifth consecutive quarter of sales decline.
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Baidu Posts Fifth Straight Sales Drop After AI Lags Rivals
Baidu Inc.’s revenue fell for a fifth consecutive quarter, reflecting the search leader’s persistent lag in AI development and a struggling advertising business.
By Bloomberg News
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Chinese tech giant Baidu on Tuesday posted a 4 per cent year-on-year decline in second-quarter revenue, as continued weakness in advertising outweighed growth in its artificial intelligence cloud operations, highlighting intensifying competition in China’s tech sector. Revenue for the three months ended June reached 31.3 billion yuan (US$4.62 billion), slightly missing the 31.6 billion yuan consensus estimate from analysts polled by Bloomberg. Net profit for the quarter was 2.3 billion...
By Ben Jiang
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