{"id":145617,"date":"2026-02-05T04:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145617"},"modified":"2026-02-05T04:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:30:30","slug":"baidu-unveils-first-ever-dividend-and-us5-billion-buy-back-amid-ai-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145617","title":{"rendered":"Baidu unveils first-ever dividend and US$5 billion buy-back amid AI race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostSearch-engine leader Baidu introduced its first-ever dividend policy and unveiled a three-year share buy-back programme of US$5 billion on Thursday, briefly sending its shares sharply higher, as the Chinese artificial intelligence heavyweight sought to shore up investor confidence amid intensifying competition.<br \/>\nThe company said in a stock exchange filing that its board had approved a share repurchase programme running through the end of 2028.<br \/>\nBaidu also declared its first-ever dividend payment&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3342462\/baidu-unveils-first-ever-dividend-and-us5-billion-buy-back-amid-ai-race?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostSearch-engine leader Baidu introduced its first-ever dividend policy and unveiled a three-year share buy-back programme of US$5 billion on Thursday, briefly sending its shares&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145617"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}