Xinhua Finance was founded in 1999 to meet the growing demand from global and Chinese investors for an open exchange of financial information and analysis. Xinhua Finance is betting that investing in China is more than a yuance-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The company is a leading financial information services provider that distributes news, stock market updates, and ratings services to investors and financial professionals in China. It has 15 regional news bureaus across Asia, Europe, and North America. In addition, the company offers investor relations services through subsidiary China Fortune Public Relations.

The Onion was first published in 1988 by then University of Wisconsin students Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson. Tears from this Onion are most likely induced from fits of laughter. Onion, Inc. publishes the popular satirical weekly newspaper "The Onion", which is available in both online and print editions. Sister Web site The Onion A.V. Club features interviews, reviews, and columns focusing on music and movies. Other operations include book publishing (including the best-seller Our Dumb Century), radio programming (Onion Radio News), online video clips (The Onion News Network), and consumer items such as calendars, mugs, and T-shirts. Onion company earns revenue through advertising and subscription fees.

Baidu, Inc. provides Chinese and Japanese language Internet search services. Its search services enable users to find relevant information online, including Web pages, news, images, multimedia files, and blogs through the links provided on its Websites. Baidu also offers online community-based products and entertainment platforms; an instant messaging service; and a consumer-oriented e-commerce platform. In addition, it designs and delivers online marketing services and auction-based P4P services that enable its customers to reach users who search for information related to their products or services. Baidu serves online marketing customers consisting of small and medium sized enterprises, large domestic corporations, and Chinese divisions or subsidiaries of multinational corporations primarily operating in the medical, machinery, education, franchising, electronic products, e-commerce, ticketing, tourism, information technology, consumer products, real estate, entertainment, and financial services industries. It sells its online marketing services directly, as well as through its distribution network. Baidu was formerly known as Baidu.com, Inc. and changed its name to Baidu, Inc. in December 2008. Baidu, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

HSW International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSWI) develops and operates Internet businesses focused on providing consumers in the world's emerging digital economies with locally relevant, high quality information. HSW International, Inc., which is headquartered in Atlanta and incorporated in Delaware, currently operates businesses in China, Brazil and the United States. HSW International excels at deploying high-quality content tailored to the information needs of consumers in the regions where it operates. It seeks to achieve a consumer following in these fast-growing economies to make its sites compelling platforms for marketers in nearly every business category. Among the Company's advantages are experienced local management teams and strategic business relationships.HSW International's growth strategy is to pursue opportunities in economies where Internet usage and consumer demand are expanding at rates in excess of those in developed markets. HSW International's initial focus is online publishing in China and Brazil. HSW International is the exclusive licensee for the translation and publication in China and Brazil of certain content from HowStuffWorks, Inc., a leading digital publisher whose award-winning website, HowStuffWorks.com, provides in-depth, easy-to-understand explanations, expert product reviews, comprehensive buying guides and informational videos on health, science, travel, automotive, electronics and consumer products, as well as other topics.

Alternet Systems, Inc. provides telecom services; education/healthcare application software and content solutions; and mobile transaction services to customers primarily in Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean. It designs and sells proprietary software and hardware systems, known as ‘SchoolWeb’ and ‘CommunityWeb’, which provide high speed Internet access to schools and rural communities; and provides Voice over Internet Protocol services. The company offers a portfolio of solutions for government, business, schools, hospitals, and residents. It also focuses on its electronic transaction products, targeting various industries, such as telecom, financial, utilities, and transportation sectors. Alternet Systems was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

We at Bankrate, Inc. have over three decades' experience in financial publishing. Bankrate was born in 1976 as "Bank Rate Monitor," a print publisher for the banking industry. The "Bank Rate Monitor" newsletter we originally distributed contained much of the same rate research and information we're known for and respected for today. After two decades of conducting quality, trusted rate research, we took our product to the Web, expanded our offerings and made our online debut in 1996. Since then, we have increased our site traffic to over 7 million monthly unique visitors, expanded our distribution outlets, added new content channels and continually strive to provide a better, more comprehensive consumer experience. Today, Bankrate, Inc. is the Web's leading aggregator of financial rate information, offering an unparalleled depth and breadth of rate data and financial content. Bankrate continually surveys approximately 4,800 financial institutions in all 50 states in order to provide clear, objective, and unbiased rates to consumers. Our flagship Web site, Bankrate.com, provides free rate information to consumers on more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees.In addition to rate data, we publish original and objective personal finance stories to help consumers make informed financial decisions. Our staff of award winning reporters and editors provides expert advice on just about every major financial decision facing our readers: from purchasing their first home, to selecting a new car, to saving for retirement. Hundreds of print publications depend on Bankrate as the trusted source for financial rates and information, including 8 of the top 10 newspapers in the country. And we're in broadcast: "The Bankrate.com Personal Finance Minute" plays over 200 times per day on XM Satellite Radio and you will see our data frequently referenced on "CNN Headline News," "ABC News" and many other major broadcast news outlets.

Kodak Imaging Network, doing business as Kodak Gallery, makes it easy to share digital photos. Formerly Ofoto, the service lets registered users create online photo albums that friends and family members can view and download. The site also offers free editing tools and photo printing services, and it sells gifts (such as calendars, coffee mugs, and mouse pads) that users can personalize with their images. In addition to its US site, Kodak Gallery operates Kodakgallery.ca in Canada and seven websites for consumers in Europe. Ofoto was founded in 1999 and acquired by Eastman Kodak in 2001. It was renamed when Kodak rebranded the service in 2005, and operates as part of Kodak's Consumer Digital Imaging Group.

Tencent Holdings Limited was founded in 1999. This company puts its pennies into Internet services. Tencent is a provider of Internet and instant messaging (IM) services to consumers in China. Users of its QC IM platform can communicate by text, images, audio, video, and email, and also partake in Tencent's mobile games, personals, content downloads, and other value-added services. More than 480 million QC users currently have active accounts. Tencent also operates Internet portal QQ.com, the QQ Game portal, multi-media social networking service Qzone, and PaiPai.com, a Chinese Internet shopping site.

Riding the rapids of wireless communications, SkyRiver Communications provides wireless broadband services with a focus on multiple-user environments such as office buildings, hotels, and restaurants primarily in Southern California. SkyRiver offers such services as Wi-Fi and fixed wireless, as well as other Internet services such as Web hosting, network security, and email. SkyRiver Communications company's customers have included hotel chains such as Pacifica Host Hotels. SkyRiver's service area includes parts of Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura, Oxnard, and Orange County.

Ziff Davis, Inc. is a leading digital media company specializing in the technology market. One of the first tech media publishing companies to build and grow dedicated, digital businesses, Ziff Davis, Inc. is a name trusted by an ever-growing population of unique online visitors. In the United States, we are most recognized by our award-winning online technology network. Ziff Davis, Inc. also has a strong international presence, with brands represented in 45 countries and in 17 languages.We distinguish ourselves from our competitors through comprehensive evaluations of the newest and hottest products in The PCMag Labs, as well as through our relationships with recognized industry experts and the thought-provoking reviews, opinions and insights of our editors. Ziff Davis, Inc's sites are the first stop for many consumers and imminent buyers searching for trusted buying advice. We provide our well-educated, influential buying audience with the information they need to make important purchasing decisions. Reaching more than 30 million tech buyers, visitors and attendees, Ziff Davis, Inc. provides total market coverage of SMB/consumer technology enthusiasts through our portfolio of award-winning brands. At the same time, our advanced online contextual marketing solutions enable marketers to more easily target imminent technology buyers and achieve significantly higher response. Ziff Davis, Inc. has offices in New York City and San Francisco.

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