Google founders go back to their roots

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In case anyone still wondered whether the founders of Google were forward-looking, here’s more evidence that they stay ahead of the curve: They bought the garage—and the house, too—in Menlo Park, Calif., where they founded the company. It was leased to them in the late 1990s for $1,700 a month by Susan Wojcicki, the company’s current vp of product management. The company won’t say how much it bought the property for, but pieces of real estate in the area with less legendary status have been selling in the $1.1

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