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...China's efforts to censor and monitor the web represent a challenge to the uncontested hegemony of Western business and to the dominance of Silicon Valley in the world of new technologies. That story - of China's emergence and a burgeoning world of hungry entrepreneurs not willing to play second fiddle to America - is the backstory for the Google imbroglio and one that is about to assume center stage...
...current Miss Cougar America, 42-year-old single mother and Silicon Valley business consultant Gloria Navarro, who was on last month's cruise, agrees. "I'm not really worried that we're being discriminated against, because this is Carnival's marketing direction," says Navarro. "But unfortunately this could be taken the wrong way by people who don't quite grasp the fact that the day of the gold digger is over and women like me have finally come into their own." As for speculation that cougars somehow didn't fit the cruise line's family focus, she adds...
...beautiful garden in the wealthy desert enclave of Rancho Mirage, a town described as a "hotbed of GOP cash" by an attendee. She is no longer the frumpy corporate mascot who was once photographed in a beige turtleneck and high-waisted slacks, surrounded by a team of Silicon Valley executives. The new Whitman wears a lean, dark suit with a camisole peeking tastefully out and stylish heels, her face dusted with a California glow. (See why California is still America's future...
...well-versed uncle in the race and probably the most qualified candidate for the job. If Hollywood was casting for a man to play a governor in a movie, it would tap someone more like Campbell - with a moderate bent, a conservative suit and five terms in Congress representing Silicon Valley districts - than Arnold Schwarzenegger. When asked what distinguishes him from Whitman, Campbell says, "Experience. Government experience." But there is one other big difference: he doesn't have a lot of money to spend in the most politically expensive state...
...addition, the eco-friendly homes tax credit, affectionately labeled “cash for caulkers,” serves the dual goals of economic stimulus and environmental reform. The program, a brainchild of John Doerr, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, and Bill Clinton, would give households anywhere from $2,000 to 4,000 to pay for weatherization projects. This stimulus is beautifully effective—homeowners are incentivized to carry out renovation projects that generate job growth and create more environmentally friendly homes. By combining green initiatives with fiscal stimulus, Obama’s proposal kills two important birds with...