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By Kelly Faircloth 3/11 9:15am

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Eric Schmidt’s Gap Year Continues, Reportedly with a Trip to Myanmar

Sergey’s got the futuristic glasses and Larry has the Lex Luther CEO swag, but it seems Google chairman Eric Schmidt wants to be the last of the gentleman adventurers. Returned from his North Korean jaunt for just a couple of months, reports suggest he’ll soon be off again, this time to the nation formerly known as Burma. Read More

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