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    diesel828: What a stupid article. This really didn't have anything to say about Mayer... just one or two examples and suddenly we can paint a picture of who she ... more »
    shag_carpet_bomb: There is a giant, empty office with lovely views of Seattle and Lake Washington, that Google was supposed to move into, 6 months ago. All I know is th... more »
    macbeach: Twitter is to Google as Viso was to Microsoft. Interesting product that makes the "suite" more complete. If they don't get Twitter and think they ne... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: The bloom is off the Google rose. This was evident today when a portrait of William Shakespeare, made while the Bard was still alive, was discovered ... more »
    blix: Google magic aside, we could still kick their asses in Quidditch. more »
    BadUncle: Classical Greece was also a democracy - for those who weren't slaves. more »
    chelseabill: Twitter regected a deal of $100M cash plus $400M stock from Google a few months ago. How greedy are these Twitter fucks? more »
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Not to worry, there's a certain BMW heiress that could use some googlin' more »
    judge9999: Wow pure and simple the bitch is stupid. Guess getting on your knees means you can place 7000 out of 7800 eh? more »
    random_play: Still love her and her last-place-finishing cupcake butt. No way Larry and Sergey will ever let her leave. Otherwise, how will they decide between blu... more »
    Vipula Kariyawasam: I started working from six years back normally started from 1mil. Within first month it was increas up to five mils within one our. Normally fat barni... more »
    its_a_feature: Google may indeed be a meritocracy, but you need to remember that there is more than one way to measure "merit". For example, Marissa slept with the ... more »
    siliconvalleydropout: "Ah yes, the Portland Marathon, in which Mayer placed 7,074th out of 7,862 contestants. Or the Birkebeiner ski race, in which she placed dead last in ... more »
    ektorp: Ha ha, she completed that marathon at an average pace of 15:46 per mile according to the results. Which means she flew to Portland and basically walk... more »
    Terrafractal: Not for nothing, and this may be the scotch talking, but I've found (on a smaller scale) that businesses tend to benefit from employing someone with s... more »
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    With Layoffs Looming, Is the "Google Magic" Gone?

    Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who spent much of last fall declaring the search engine unaffected by Wall Street's crisis, has admitted that the company is "not immune." But is he being honest about its plight? More »
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    Marissa Mayer: Google's Biggest Failure

    Google's perfectionist cupcake princess is totally misunderstood! That's the claim Marissa Mayer, the VP who oversees Google search, makes to a credulous New York Times, which licks up the frosted version of her career. More »
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    Google Hands Out 'Dogfood' as Christmas Bonus

    Groans are issuing from the Googleplex over this year's holiday bonus. In the past, the search engine paid cash — as much as $20,000 or $30,000 per Googler, we hear. This year? A cell phone.