Motorola Inc is letting consumers in China use Baidu Inc or others as default Web search services instead of Google Inc's service, even on phones using Google's Android software.
Google's spat with China could affect Motorola as it vies to crawl back into the mobile market, but recent partnerships will allow it to peruse the China's mobile market alone.
Oil prices fell more than 2 percent to a 2010 low around $76 a barrel on Thursday, after government data showed a sharp drop in U.S. refining activity to nearly its lowest level in 25 years, indicating weak demand for fuels.
Hillary Clinton made unrestricted Internet access a US foreign policy priority, and urged China to investigate alleged cyber-attacks originating from its borders.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled a new US policy hoping to encourage the world governments to ensure their citizens have open access to the Internet.
Oil fell by more than $1 to move toward $76 a barrel for the first time this year, as strength in the dollar and weak demand saw crude extend recent losses.
When China's government has signaled monetary tightening in recent weeks, U.S. stocks have fallen.
Oil rose near $78 a barrel on Thursday as worries that China will take further measures to temper its booming economy were overshadowed by its return to double-digit growth for the first time since 2008.
Global growth is set to blossom this year on the back of resurgent Asian economies and as the world's richest nations emerge from the deepest recession since the Second World War, according to a Reuters poll.
China sought to contain tension with the United States over online censorship and hacking, saying Google's dispute with Beijing should not be over-stated, ahead of a possible challenge from Washington on Internet freedom.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for global condemnation for those who carry out cyber attacks as China sought to contain tension with the United States over online censorship and hacking.
Google Inc is expected to deliver stellar fourth-quarter results on Thursday, but investors will be seeking insight into a disagreement with China that has cast doubt on its future in the world's largest Internet market.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to deliver early Thursday a speech on internet freedom following the cyber attacks on Google in China.
China easily beat its 2009 growth target after a blistering fourth quarter performance that set the stage for further monetary tightening and put it on course to overtake Japan to become the world's second-largest economy.
U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday ahead of quarterly results from Goldman Sachs Group
Starbucks Corp said it struck a deal with Swedish-Danish dairy products cooperative Arla Foods to foray into the European ready-to-drink coffee market.
Beijing needs to tighten its monetary policy to head off asset bubbles, leading economist Nouriel Roubini said on Thursday.
Oil fell toward $77 a barrel on Thursday as worries that China will take more measures to temper its booming economy overshadowed its return to double-digit growth for the first time since 2008.
Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Thursday, ahead of a slew of earnings news, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.04 percent, the Dow Jones industrial average 0.1 percent lower and the Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.2 percent.
Developed and emerging equity markets diverged on Thursday with the latter falling on worries China will take more measures to temper growth after reporting its fastest quarterly growth in two years.
Sony Ericsson, a cellphone joint venture between Sony Corp and Ericsson, has no plans to delay the launch of a phone that runs Google Inc's Android operating system in China, the company's chief executive said on Thursday.
China says its Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 expanded by 8.7% and the fourth quarter expanded 10.7% that form a powerful springboard for it to jump over Japan and become the world's second-largest economy.
