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Jason Wincuinas
Nov 5, 2013

Google's Eric Schmidt: Think global, act local? Forget the 'local' part

HONG KONG - In town to announce a university partnership Monday morning, the internet giant’s executive chairman emphasized working in the digital era and solving the world’s problems, although an age-old local issue still stalled everyone.

Schimdt (left): Fell victim to real-world traffic

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