GOOGLE'S CEO SCHMIDT AT PRESSER IN BEIJING
CEO of Google Eric Schmidt hosts a news conference in Beijing, China on April 27, 2007. Google, No. 2 in China's Web search market, is giving its local managers more autonomy and investing more in China in an effort to make up for its late entry, CEO Eric Schmidt said Friday. Google has 21.7% of China's search market, well behind industry leader Baidu.com, which has 55%. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)
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