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Silicon Valley’s Tom Perkins — Who Quit HP Board Over Phone Hacking — Backs News Corp. Execs in New Scandal

in Media on July 19, 2011 at 12:02 am PT

Last time, the legendary VC dumped his directorship in indignation over HP’s spying of reporters’ phone records. This time, the News Corp. board member has a different view.
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Q: Why No Twitter Board Seat for Kleiner's John Doerr? A: His Google Board Seat (Plus, Is the Star VC Looking at Spotify and Groupon Next?)

in News on December 16, 2010 at 5:14 am PT

Star venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins paid $150 million for a stake in Twitter and all he didn’t get was a board seat. That’s due to another directorship he has at search giant Google. Maybe Doerr will get one at Spotify or Groupon, where he could be investing next.

Google: Beyond Thunderdome

in News on October 3, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

You can make money without doing evil. You can also make it without using so much fossil fuel. That’s the word from Google, which today unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan it says will reduce the nation’s dependence on coal and oil. Google’s “Clean Energy 2030” plan proposes to wean the U.S. off of coal and oil for electricity generation by 2030 by relying on power from wind, nuclear and geothermal sources instead.