A conservative political group Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) was supporting lost their support for “literally lying” about global warming, following a move by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) in August to pull the plug on funding. Eric Schmidt to announce Google pulling its membership from ALEC Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, speaking with National Public Radio, revealed Google would be pulling its membership from the right-leaning American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) because the group was “literally lying” in its opposition of efforts to reduce global warming. “The company has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts — what…
Google Pulls Plug On Conservative Group For Climate Change "Lying"
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.