Google's Larry Page returns as CEO: 5 predictions

The search engine giant's co-founder is back as the company's chief executive. What will that mean for Google?

Google Co-Founder Larry Page returns to his CEO position and techies predict all sorts of futures for the search engine from meltdowns to breakthroughs.
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Google co-founder Larry Page returned Monday to the role of CEO, a post he handed over to Eric Schmidt in 2001. What will the change mean for the tech titan? Here, five things to expect:

More innovation: "Google under Eric Schmidt made money and enjoyed high stock prices," says Doug Aamoth in TIME. "Google with co-founder Larry Page as CEO may be more aggressive when it comes to technology and innovation, but less focused on profits." In his first day back as CEO, Page bid $900 million on bankrupt telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks, and its patents. That's nothing if not aggressive.

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