Jonathan A. Schein - President & CEO - Real Estate Media - GlobeSt.com

1/31/06: Though I am a life-long capitalist, I'm amused how often corporate interests trump American ideals. Internet darling and media mega-company Google has just struck a deal to provide its renowned search function on the Chinese Internet. However, to do the deal, Google agreed to the censorship rules dictated by the Chinese Government, trading in some of its original Silicon Valley hipster irreverence in the name of market penetration. Yes, China will become the world's most important marketplace in the next 50 years. However, deals such as this can only cut into the very character of Google and prolong the Faustian bargain required to do business in the world's most populous country. It forces one to ask: How much in the long run is global market penetration worth?

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	CB RICHARD ELLIS (PHOENIX) Kevin Calihan is accorded a first vice president's title and Jim Bayless and Mike Ragland are named vice presidents. Calihan started with the firm eight years ago as an office market researcher. Bayless, with the company since 2003, is a tenant representative primarily focused on the Northwest Valley. Ragland, a six-year employee, is a tenant representative for the corporate services group.
	INTERSTATE HOTELS & RESORTS (ARLINGTON, VA) Keith Clampet takes over as executive vice president of hotel operations for a portfolio exceeding 70 full-service properties. Most recently, he was vice president of operations for a 22-property portfolio. He joined Interstate in 1995.

	ONYX EQUITIES (WOODBRIDGE, NJ) Michael K. Nevins is seated as vice president of asset management. The 20-year professional most recently was vice president of leasing for Mack-Cali Realty Corp.
	EQUIS CORP. (BOSTON, ATLANTA) Darryl Morse is named senior vice president and office manager in the Boston office and Pamela Zoellner as senior vice president and director in Atlanta. Morse, a former partner in the Codman Co., will oversee account management, business development and recruiting. Zoellner will lead the firm's industrial practice. She previously was senior managing director for Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
	RIVEROAK INVESTMENT CORP. (STAMFORD, CT) Elizabeth Lowe joins as assistant vice president of asset management. Her duties include acquisitions analyses and oversight of third-party property managers, leasing agents, financing, disposition and strategic positioning of RiverOak's portfolio. She recently was a land acquisition and special projects coordinator for Compass Capital Corp.
	ING CLARION REAL ESTATE SECURITIES (LONDON, TOKYO) Simon Robson-Brown is named senior vice president in the London office and Daisuke Hotta becomes senior investment analyst in Tokyo as part of the firm's continued expansion into Europe and the Asia Pacific. Robson-Brown previously was director of real estate equity research for UBS while Hotta was an investment analyst for ING Funds Management.
	CB RICHARD ELLIS (NEW YORK CITY) Sheldon L. Cohen comes aboard as senior managing director to head up the Downtown Manhattan office while Jim Coogan joins the team in the Long Island office. Cohen most recently was the first director of real estate planning and development for Nassau County and a member of the County Executive's executive management team. Coogan previously was director of real estate services for USI Real Estate in Midtown.

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