Eric Schmidt
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Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidtis an American software engineer, a businessperson, and the Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 April 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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There is a trend here. The most sought-after companies will be those that either have drugs on the market or those in late-stage testing with significant sales potential.
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We played well in the first half and had a chance to bury them when we went up by 18 at one time.
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Although we met our total revenue and earnings objectives for the third quarter, we are nonetheless disappointed by continued weakness of packaged software sales globally, and especially our poor performance in Europe, ... The quarter was impacted by difficult changes intended to improve Novell's business.