No. Costco isn't owned by the Chinese. There might be Chinese investors in the stock, but it is publicly owned with Sinegal still holding a good portion.

Looking to buy a bridge? I know of one in NYC that I can probably get you for real cheap.

so they say ;-}

besides search.com, care to share?

If Google has such an easily fixable glitch, what other errors are inherent in their search engine? No, this isn't a glitch. It is on purpose. Which begs the question, what else are they manipulating?

I've said this many times - Google is EVIL.

I'm sure that's what he was told to say after the media started spreading the story - and they started getting calls. Call them yourself. It might help to put the pressure on to stop the withdrawal.

I would be more concerned about this http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/am... than the book being removed from Costco. If Google is intentionally causing erroneous search errors on this, what else are they manipulating?

They've been getting calls. I was one. The guy on the line had an answer that it wasn't political as soon as I mentioned the book. Couldn't give me a reason why it was being pulled, just not for political reasons.

Jim Sinegal isn't really that involved in day to day operations anymore. He mostly only goes to the new store openings. He is a staunch capitalist, however, and not sure why he would remove a book that was generating him profits. Unless it isn't selling anymore, in which case, Costco is ruthless in how it determines what stays and what goes.