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Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and many other big techs have already reported March quarter results. But don’t kid yourself. We’re just right about smack-dab in the middle of earnings season. This week scores of companies report. But for the best of the best, focus on the leading stocks in the elite IBD 50. Here are the seven IBD 50 stocks slated to report. Many of them are at or near all-time, or longtime, highs.

Don’t look now, but Q1 is over on Thursday. (And before I forget, happy 4th of July.) It does fly by, even for a quarter marked by one of the biggest natural disasters of modern times. The Japan quake will continue to have huge ramifications for many. Further down the list in importance will be its impact on a ton of companies. That’s starting to occur, but Q1 nevertheless marked the continued slow recovery from the great recession. For some companies, things are looking up. One of the best measures of that, of course, is sales outlook.

In the long run, stocks reflect earnings and the outlook for future growth. Corporate profits surged last year as the U.S. and global economy recovered. Wall Street expects earnings growth to slow as that initial rebound wears off and wages rise in emerging markets. But the elite IBD 50 list includes five companies set to deliver triple-digit profit growth this quarter. Chinese search engine giant Baidu (BIDU) is one, but most are commodity plays: Northern Oil & Gas (NOG), Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF), Silver Wheaton (SLW) and Gulfport Energy (GPOR).

Even after a tough week, some of China’s tech leaders continue to shine. Their U.S. ADRs are hanging tough, and in fact, the top 5 China techs rank among the top 26 in the latest IBD 50 ranking of best stocks. Baidu’s more or less a given, but portals Sina and Sohu are strong, and solar company Jinko Solar remains hot, as does software company Camelot Information Systems. The Mideast turmoil was tough on all stocks, of course, and U.S.-traded China techs were no exception.

Chinese search engine Baidu is finding that it’s easy to get tangled in nasty copyright issues when it launches websites overseas. In the case of Japan, the flap involves comic books. Baidu (BIDU) launched a Japanese version of its service called Baidu.jp in 2007. The site boasts a Baidu Library file-sharing service where users can upload and download stuff like books and comic books for free. The Japanese site was Baidu’s first website outside of China.

The earnings flood continues this week, and it gets off to a strong start on Monday with Chinese Internet giants Baidu (BIDU) and Sohu.com (SOHU). Four other companies from the IBD 50, which is made up of the very best stocks in terms of fundamental and technical factors, are reporting this week. Here are the super six:

That great growth engine called China continues to roll. The IBD 100 always includes a bevy of China-based companies, many in technology fields. The latest list, though, includes some fairly recent entries — one new — to the rankings. IPOs have to be trading for a couple of months before they can get ranked.

Ah, the big guys. You know that every big cap made some stockholders pretty happy on their way toward becoming big caps. And even when big, a lot of the big guys have plenty of fuel left in the tank. The latest IBD 100 has some pretty big tech big caps, including some big names and some up-and-comers. The tech companies with the largest market caps on the latest IBD 100 are: 1. Apple (AAPL) . Apple is No. 58 on the latest list,

China’s fast-growing economy overtook Japan’s in Q2 to become the world’s 2nd largest. Many economist say it could surpass America in a decade. That combination of size and speed offer huge opportunities for companies and investors. U.S.-listed Chinese firms are near the top of the IBD 100 list of the very best stocks based on fundamentals and technicals.

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It’s a busy week for corporate earnings, but investors should focus on companies that are delivering the strongest growth. Many stocks on the IBD 100 list based on superior fundamentals and technicals are reporting in the next few days, including several at the very top. 1. Netflix (NFLX) Analysts expect the DVD rental company, to report a 59% EPS gain on a 25% revenue rise after Wednesday’s close.

One of the great advantages of investing today is that there is truly a world of opportunities. Over the past few decades, vast swaths of the globe have embraced markets and many companies have tapped U.S. markets for capital. Asia and Latin America are growing much faster than the U.S. economy. The IBD 100 list of the very best companies by fundamentals and technicals includes dozens of overseas firms,

It’s China’s world, we’re just investing in it. The world’s third-largest economy is back to double-digit growth while much of the world still steadies itself. A few years ago, growth investors became aware of “China Nets” such as Sohu (SOHU), Sina (SINA) and NetEase (NTES). They’re still around, but the latest IBD 100 list of top-performing stocks boasts an amazing diversity of Chinese ADRs. They include a Web search giant, an auto parts maker, a hotel operator, IT outsourcer and more.

Tech outsourcing, online search, solar energy, online travel, online games. All five sectors offer opportunities for growth. But add in another growth word, China, and the possibilities rise. Thus, the top 5 China-based Internet and tech firms in the latest IBD 100 cover each of the above-named areas. The China 5 are: 4. VanceInfo Technologies (VIT) , the largest tech outsourcer based in China, has been an IBD 100 staple of late. That’s what happens when annual per-share earnings growth for the past five years comes in at 200%, 33%, 133%, 54% and 30%, respectively.

March 1 morning news, CCTV sets of "dialogue", Baidu CEO Robin Li as a current guest, talked about Baidu ten years and future development goals. Period, Li said that if Google then attach importance to the Chinese market as early as possible, Baidu will cease to exist; while ten years later Baidu revenue growth goals are also far above 40 times. Current programs recorded on January 19, singer Hu Hai-Quan, CBS China President Wang Road, Jiyuan Jixun Capital Partners, as well as look Lubbe, Lvben Fu, Hu Yanping, Ruan Jing-wen, etc. are also involved in the Internet industry in the...

Chinese search engine Baidu sues US company over hacking attack China's largest search engine, Baidu.com, is seeking damages against its US-based service provider after hackers from the "Iranian Cyber Army" hijacked the company's homepage in China last week. By Peter Foster in Beijing Published: 7:00AM GMT 20 Jan 2010 The move in a New York law court comes a week after Google threatened to pull out of China if the Chinese government did not allow it to operate its local site free of the country's onerous censorship laws. Baidu.com, which accounts for two-thirds of China's internet searches, said it had...

China Responds To Google: Go To Hell Henry Blodget Jan. 14, 2010, 5:13 AM China's initial public response to Google's threat is in, and it's what one would have expected: Go to hell. Now the two can start negotiating quietly behind the scenes. We still expect this war to be resolved in a compromise in which both parties declare victory and reserve the right to kill each other later. There's a substantial chance, however, that Google will be forced to actually follow through on its threat and leave the country. (Backing down at this point would be a disaster). There's...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Shares of Chinese Internet-search giant Baidu Inc. rose 13% Wednesday, following rival Google's Inc.'s surprising announcement that it may pull out of the Middle Kingdom after a series of alleged security breaches. U.S. shares of Beijing-based Baidu /quotes/comstock/15*!bidu/quotes/nls/bidu (BIDU 437.77, +51.28, +13.27%) rose $50.03 to $436.62 in afternoon trading. Late Tuesday, Google /quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog (GOOG 583.99, -6.49, -1.10%) disclosed on a company Web site that it's considering exiting China, following what it says have been a series of cyber-attacks aimed at identifying advocates for democratic reform in that country.

China's most popular search engine, Baidu, has been targeted by the same hackers that took Twitter offline in December, according to reports. A group claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army redirected Baidu users to a site displaying a political message. The site was down for at least four hours on Tuesday, Chinese media said. Last year's attack on micro-blogging service Twitter had the same hallmarks, sending users to a page with an Iranian flag and message in Farsi...

The Chinese government is starting 2009 with a crusade to make the Internet safe for its young population to surf without encountering pornography. While Beijing has previously tried to crack down on obscenity, this time government officials are using some of their harshest language yet, threatening actions against 19 Internet companies -- including China's most popular search engine, Baidu, and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) . Both Baidu and Google also offer blogging services that the government said had been used to distribute obscene content. "For those Web sites that repeatedly ignore warnings, we will publicize a few, punish a few and...

China's Dominant Search Engine, Baidu.com, Says CFO Shawn Wang Died in Accident BEIJING (AP) -- The chief financial officer of China's dominant Internet search engine Baidu.com has died after an accident while on vacation in China, the company said. Shawn Wang, who joined the company in 2004, helped Baidu list on the Nasdaq stock exchange the following year. He died on Dec. 27 during a Christmas vacation in China, the company said in a notice seen Sunday on its Web site. The company did not give further details and officials could not be reached for comment Sunday. "Shawn's leadership and...

A major reorganization is in the works for China's open-source software industry, with discussions under way over how local Linux vendors and industry organizations can cooperate more closely -- including the possibility of a merger between several of the country's top Linux companies. If the discussions result in a merger, it would be one that involves some of the biggest names in China's Linux industry, including Turbolinux China Software, Red Flag Software, and Beijing Co-Create Open Source Software, according to executives involved with the discussions. Closer cooperation among Chinese Linux vendors and industry organizations is essential if the country's software...

Yahoo Inc. is close to paying $1 billion and forking over its China operations for a 35 percent stake of China's second-largest e-commerce operator, Alibaba.com, a source close to the discussions said on Wednesday. The deal is in the final hours of discussions, the source told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Members of the Chinese media have been invited by Alibaba to a news briefing set for Thursday in Beijing. The combination would create an e-commerce giant by bringing together Alibaba's business-to-business and consumer online auction sites with Yahoo's search operations, China's second largest after leader Baidu.com. Yahoo's shares...