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The GOOG-Obama Lovefest

 
Google may have a big headache in China right now, but it's only too happy to see Barack Obama set up shop over here. According to the San Francisco Chronicle , CEO Eric Schmidt, co-founder Larry Page, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, and three other execs have contributed $150,000 to Barack Obama's inauguration , and the company is planning to co-host one of the sideline inaugural balls in Washington. read more (link)

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