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Google dumps Accel Partners in Davos

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First Always On, now Accel Partners. For the first time, Google is forgoing the help of a co-sponsor and hosting its own bash at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, reports The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin.

Two years ago, Google co-sponsored a Davos bash alongside technology media company Always On and venture capital firm Accel Partners. Last year, it was just Accel and Google footing the bill for the lavish festivites in Davos' Kirchner Museum.

It's not as if the Internet giant ever needed help underwriting the event. But, for whatever reason, this Friday night, Google will go it alone.

For more on Davos, see:
Jim Fruchterman
The Huffington Post

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