businessinsider.com - 10/7/2009
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt confessed at a press conference in New York today that he didn't know his company acquired Keyhole -- now known as Google Earth -- until after the fact. The same goes for Android.
The detail came up after a reporter asked Eric about Google's plans to buy a startup a ...
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google.com - 10/12/2009
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Arthur Levinson Resigns from Google's Board of Directors
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (October 12, 2009) – Google (NASDAQ:...
GOOG) announced today that Dr. Arthur Levinson has resigned as a member of the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. ...
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Google Press Center: Press Release
news.cnet.com - 10/6/2009
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Since 2006, many observers have scratched their head
over what prompted Google to pay $1.65 billion for...
the video site YouTube. We're now a little closer to the answer. Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in May, "I believe YouTube was worth ...
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Schmidt: We paid $1 billion premium for YouTube
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Well, This Explains So Much About Google [Google]
Gizmodo —
... that has created. Sergey found Google Earth one day while he was surfing on the Web. And then he walked into my office and told me he bought them. "And I said, "for how much," Sergey?" And it turned out to be a few million. Think about it: Google goes around buying companies, and the CEO doesn't even know about it. Now carry that forward to its logical conclusion. Man, who would've thought Fake Steve nailed it that hard? [Media Memo via Alley Insider]
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