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Google Owns Small Firm in North Carolina; Could Expand in Region

Authored by dmw on January 4, 2007 - 1:13pm.
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Search engine giant Google has quietly owned a small software development firm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, called Skia in since 2005, Local Tech Wire reported on Thursday. The company employs just five people and apparently focuses on graphics software engineering.

Last week, it was reported by several news outlets that Google is close to choosing the site for a large new facility in either North Carolina or South Carolina, where up to 210 people could be employed.

North Carolina Governor Mike Easley's office publicly acknowledged that it has made a grant offer of up to $4.7 million if Google will build in the state's Caldwell County.

Related Links:
http://www.localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/story/1126258/

Published in DMW Daily, January 4, 2007
tags: Internet | Tech | Career | Search | Google | Software | Graphics | North Carolina | Skia | Research Triangle |

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