In the latest earnings news: --Baidu.com Inc ( BIDU ) is rising on Nasdaq after the Chinese Internet group reported third quarter results that beat expectations and a number of brokerages raised their price targets for the company. (+) BIDU (+4.5%) bounces from evening declines; beats with Q3 results, guides for revenue beat. "The banking sector, mortgages, inflation in emerging markets, deflation here, a mini-currency crisis -- those issues are weighing on everybody's minds."