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DoJ Starts Messing Up Google-Yahoo Deal

The Justice Department has begun an investigation of the Google-Yahoo advertising deal. What exactly the DoJ will do to the deal is as yet unclear, but it will be a shame if the mutually-beneficial agreement is held up even longer than Google and Yahoo already agreed.



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  1. [...] is it with delayed mergers and agreements today? I just reported about the DoJ beginning its investigation of Google-Yahoo. Now, Ars reports that, after imposing draconian restrictions on the new company, the government is [...]

  2. [...] is it with delayed mergers and agreements today? I just reported about the DoJ beginning its investigation of Google-Yahoo. Now, Ars reports that, after imposing draconian restrictions on the new company, the government is [...]

  3. [...] leaving time for regulators to kill the non-exclusive, fairly limited advertising deal. Then, the DoJ started its investigation. Now, the Senate is holding a hearing and a whole bunch of states are reviewing the deal [...]

  4. [...] addition to massive federal probes of the deal, the nonexclusive Google-Yahoo ad pact is facing scrutiny from states as well. The [...]

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