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New York Times Co board member Scott Galloway said on Tuesday he did not contact Google Inc Co-founder Larry Page to try to get the Internet company to buy the newspaper publisher.

Media mogul David Geffen tried to buy a stake in the New York Times Co from hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, but was rejected, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

Google Inc's top three executives had pledged to work together for 20 years in a pact they made shortly before the company's initial public offering in August 2004, Fortune magazine has reported.

Google.org, the popular search engine's philanthropic venture, said on Thursday it will fund more than $25 million in grants and investments. The funds will be used to fight climate change, poverty, global diseases and will support small businesses.

Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has been named as the most powerful businessman by Fortune magazine in a list which also features Lakshmi Mittal, Indra Nooyi and Ratan Tata.

In a move that could eventually lower its energy costs and boost environmentalism, the world's top Internet search provider, Google, said Tuesday it will invest tens of millions of dollars next year in renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind power.

Google Inc's inroads into China relies on it linking up with local partners, navigating draconian regulations and understanding Chinese tastes to make it in one of the world's fastest-growing and lucrative Internet markets.

There are scores of eligible Google millionaires, but as of next month, both its famed billionaire founders appear to be taken.

Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, whose programs were once among the most viewed on YouTube, were requested by the video site to give testimony in legal proceedings as it fights a $1 billion lawsuit by Viacom Inc, according to court filings.

Web search leader Google Inc. and semiconductor maker Intel Corp. launched a broad-based program on Tuesday to introduce more energy-efficient personal computers and server systems to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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