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Saturday, September 10, 2005
Ex-Microsoft exec to head Google office in Israel
Google Inc. hired a former Microsoft Corp. executive to open an office in Israel to tap online advertising spending in the country.
Meir Brand will be country manager of Google Israel and will be based in Tel Aviv, Google said Friday in an e-mailed statement from its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.
Google and Microsoft, currently locked in a legal battle over Google's hiring of former Microsoft China executive Kai-Fu Lee, are seeking technological talent to develop new products and expand in emerging markets.
Sales from outside the United States accounted for 39 percent of Google's revenue in the second quarter, up from 31 percent a year earlier.
Brand most recently served as small business marketing manager at Microsoft Israel, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.
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