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NEWS ABOUT: Larry Page

Larry Page stories: 12 news summaries
GLOSSIES

 Huzzahs for Masters of Change 


Mar 22, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saying that “change is no longer a dreamy notion but a reality—and a responsibility,” Rolling Stone lists 100 people from all walks of society with “the power of making people think and making them move.” The top five:
  • Barack Obama: “He has
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Barack Obama • Google • Steve Jobs • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • Apple • Bono • Rolling Stone • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • pundits • change • President Obama

Market Meltdown Reshapes Forbes Rich List

Buffett bumps Gates
in redrawn rankings
of world's wealthiest

Oct 10, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mortgage meltdown has certainly hit middle-class Americans hard but hasn't spared the uber-wealthy, Bloomberg reports. Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson’s net worth shed $4 billion between Aug. 29 and Oct. 1, for instance, while Warren Buffett overtook Bill Gates, whose net worth declined $1.5 billion, as... More »

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Google • stock market • Microsoft • Dell • Bill Gates • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • Forbes 400 • Carl Icahn • Warren Buffett • Larry Ellison • Oracle • Michael Dell • billionaire • Berkshire Hathaway • Las Vegas Sands Corp. • Oracle of Omaha • Sheldon Adelson • Charles Ergen

 Google Offers 
 $10M for Ideas 
 to Change World 

Project 10^100 seeks big ideas

Sep 25, 08 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google, named for an astronomically large number, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a call for ideas that could improve the lives of astronomically large numbers of people. Project 10100—pronounced '10 to the 100th'—seeks submissions from the public for world-changing ideas that the company will donate $10 million... More »

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philanthropy • Google • YouTube • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • contest • anniversary • Project 10100

Google Guru Prods FCC
Over Wi-Fi

"White space" would increase wireless Internet access

May 23, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google co-founder Larry Page urged Congress and the FCC this week to open up access to unused television airwaves to broaden the reach of wireless Internet. Page asserted that the unused waves, called "white space," would increase Wi-Fi range in rural areas and help provide Internet capability to... More »

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Google • Internet • Larry Page • FCC • wireless • airwaves • white space • WiFi • Federal Communications Commission

Even Google Not Immune
in Downturn

Its shares off 40% since November,
'the shine is off' search behemoth

Mar 5, 08 6:48 PM CST
(Newser) - After a hitting record high in November, Google shares have fallen 40%, reports the Los Angeles Times. Investors are concerned that a downturn in consumer spending could slow Google's growth—previously thought to be recession-proof. "Now the shine is off Google, whether deservedly or not," one media... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • DoubleClick • recession • Nasdaq • Eric Schmidt • Internet advertising • Sheryl Sandberg

Future Sunny for Solar Power

Tech leap will enable replacement of fossil fuels in 20 years: panel

Feb 20, 08 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Don’t sweat the energy crisis, say scientist Ray Kurzweil and Google co-founder Larry Page, who predict that within 20 years we’ll be getting 100% of our energy from the sun, based on current solar technology and growth trends. Kurzweil’s fortune-telling record is pretty good: He foresaw the... More »

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Google • Larry Page • solar power • solar cells • predicting the future • solar panel • Energy crisis • Ray Kurzweil

Googler Preps for Lavish Island Nuptials

Search giant's co-founder to wed
in Branson's private digs before 600

Dec 6, 07 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Google co-founder Larry Page didn’t have to use his popular search engine to scout out locations for his upcoming wedding. He just asked his best man, and fellow billionaire, Richard Branson, Reuters says. Page will wed girlfriend Lucy Southworth Saturday on Branson’s private Caribbean getaway, Necker Island. Six... More »

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Richard Branson • Google • Stanford • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • wedding • Caribbean • Necker Island • Virgin Gorda • Lucy Southworth

Google Searches Green Energy

Company pledges to spend hundreds of millions on renewable energy initiative

Nov 27, 07 5:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is making a huge financial push to replace coal with cleaner, cheaper renewable energy. The company says it will invest "tens of millions" in the search next year, starting with solar, wind, and geothermal technology, and hundreds of millions more in subsequent years, MarketWatch reports. The company says... More »

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Google • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • coal • solar power • renewable resources

Google: The Next Generation

Inside Google's unique program to find its future innovators

Nov 5, 07 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - They're brilliant young men and women just out of college, and they're handed more responsibility than many executives enjoy in a lifetime. They're the elite associate product managers of Google, parachuted into top management—like running Gmail or Google Reader—before they're tainted by anyone else's corporate culture. Newsweek tags... More »

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Google • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • Eric Schmidt • Baidu.com • Assistant Product Managers • APM • Marissa Mayer

Google Founder's Wedding Date Suppressed

Published, retracted without explanation

Nov 1, 07 12:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Valleywag reports that somebody leaked Google founder Larry Page's wedding date to a Fortune editor, but the info was later scrubbed from the story in which it had appeared. And the old version of the article doesn't show up in the Google cache of the page. Yahoo cached the original... More »

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Richard Branson • Yahoo • Google • Larry Page • Virgin • wedding • CNN • Valleywag • Fortune

eBay Shuts Window on Google Ads

Auction site drops search giant's marketing tools after weeklong spat

Jun 18, 07 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Online auction powerhouse eBay broke a multi-million-dollar "keyword" advertising deal with Google, ostensibly after the search engine threw a party in Boston that crowded an eBay conference. But the boycott on search-driven spots also comes as Google's online payment feature Checkout elbows in on eBay-owned PayPal's territory. More »

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Google • Internet • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • advertising • eBay • online advertising • traffic • keywords • online auction • Google Checkout • auction • PayPal

Billionaire's
Club Welcomes New Members

The Forbes rich list is bigger—and even wealthier—than ever

Mar 9, 07 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The rich are getting richer, younger, and more geographically diverse, Forbes reports, with the number of billionaires up a whopping 19 percent, and their total worth up 35 percent to $3.5 trillion. Not only have billionaires been galloping away from the pack, they've been doing it earlier, bringing the... More »

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Google • Microsoft • Bill Gates • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • Starbucks • wealth • Forbes 400 • list • money • billionaire

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