Google brings a little swagger to Sun Valley

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc CEO Larry Page, absent from the Internet company's public events for weeks, is recovering from an unspecified ailment that caused him to lose his voice and was in the office on Monday, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said. Page has been taking meetings at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Schmidt told reporters at the annual Allen & Co conference in Sun Valley on Thursday. "He's still recovering. Larry is doing much better. He was in the office on Monday," Schmidt said. "Larry ran the meeting. He is talking, but talking softly. ...

Google announced Thursday that co-founder Larry Page would replace Eric Schmidt as chief executive of the Internet giant in April.Google said Schmidt would remain with the company as executive chairman and focus on "deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships."The firm's other co-founder, Sergey Brin, will work on strategic projects and new products, Google said in a statement.It said the management changes would take effect on April 4.