Posts Tagged Eric Schmidt

Twitter designs China registration page, is still blocked in China

on March 17, 2010 by admin in Shanghai, Comments (0)

Photo by ivanlanin’s photostream “The Internet is a tidal wave that is going to be impossible for anyone to keep out,” Twitter co-founder Evan Williams was quoted as saying […]

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Google China troubles drawing to a close, says Google CEO

on March 11, 2010 by admin in Shanghai, Comments (0)

We’ve documented the will-they-won’t-they saga of Google possibly leaving China over hackers and censorship and what not. And then we documented the are-they-aren’t-they saga of Google and China talking […]

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Today’s Links: Sympathy for coal bosses? and other news

on October 31, 2009 by admin in Shanghai, Comments (0)

Photo from wikimedia commons Black Future: The coal bosses of Shanxi are tired of being the government’s whipping boys [Forbes] “One of the most reviled and reclusive villains in […]

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Bottom Lined

on September 18, 2009 by Vanity Fair | VF.com in Arts/Entertainment, Comments (0)

A thousand dollars just isn’t what it used to be—unless you bought stock in Dreamworks, Apple or BlackRock. Had you invested $1,000 in just about any of the other companies controlled by our New Establishment members on the market high of October 12, 2007, your wallet would be considerably lighter.* NAME COMPANY $1,000 NOW PERCENT CHANGE Jeffrey Katzenberg DWA 1132.09 13.2 Steve Jobs AAPL 1103.44 10.3 Larry Fink BLK 1100.16 10.0 Ralph Lauren RL 1062.91 6.3 Mike Duke WMT 1061.62 6.2 Bobby Kotick ATVI 1053.42 5.3 Jeff Bezos AMZN 979.11 -2.1 Jamie Dimon JPM 960.27 -4.0 Larry Ellison ORCL 959.00 -4.1 Steve Ballmer MSFT 838.51 -16.1 Warren Buffett BRK.A 810.31 -19.0 Mickey Drexler JCG 804.83/td> -19.5 Bob Iger DIS 802.37 -19.8 Lloyd Blankfein GS 776.93 -22.3 Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt GOOG 771.46 -22.9 Bernard Arnault LVMUY 753.87 -24.6 John Galliano CDI 736.19 -26.4 Philippe Dauman VIA 734.14 -26.6 Diego Della Valle TOD 723.13 -27.7 Brian Roberts CMCSA 710.12 -29.0 Carlos Slim Helú AMX 692.98 -30.7 Francois-Henri Pinault PP 635.31 -36.5 Rupert Murdoch NWS 585.46 -41.5 Howard Stringer SNE 581.01 -41.9 Jeff Bewkes TWX 515.28 -48.5 Anil Ambani REL 433.65 -56.6 Bill Keller NYT 426.98 -57.3 Leslie Moonves CBS 416.19 -58.4 Ronald Perelman REV 405.98 -59.4 * AS OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2009      

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