Google-DoubleClick deal: A hard sell in Europe
News As part of its second-phase investigation, the European Commission said it will look at the possibility that DoubleClick could have grown into an effective rival to Google in the online-ad "intermediation" market.
[November 22, 2007, 11:02]
EC may put antitrust focus on Google
News Google is facing a Senate hearing next week in the US, where its DoubleClick purchase is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Microsoft is pushing for action against Google. The EU is already investigating whether Google's...
[September 21, 2007, 15:30]
EC extends Google-DoubleClick probe again
News European antitrust regulators will conduct a more extensive, second-phase review of Google's pending merger with DoubleClick, the EU announced on Tuesday. As part of the investigation, European regulators will delve in greater detail into whether a...
[November 14, 2007, 7:15]
Google-DoubleClick deal gets US green light
News The US Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that Google's $3.1bn merger proposal with DoubleClick can proceed, despite earlier complaints raised by competitors and privacy advocates. The commission evaluated the Google-DoubleClick under...
[December 21, 2007, 7:34]
Microsoft-EU antitrust decision looms
News The Commission also took on mobile-phone chipmaker Qualcomm over antitrust issues surrounding its patents for its 3G chipsets, and recently began an antitrust review of Google's proposed $3.1bn acquisition of online ad company DoubleClick.
[September 17, 2007, 8:15]
Google privacy policy 'is vague'
Blog Meanwhile, the US Federal Trade Commission has antitrust concerns over Google's purchase of internet advertising firm Doubleclick. Speaking to the BBC, Peter Fleischer, Google's global privacy counsel, has said that elements of Google's privacy...
[May 31, 2007, 13:26]
Microsoft and Yahoo to reveal privacy policies
News Google's proposed $3.1bn (£1.5bn) purchase of online ad firm DoubleClick is being scrutinised by the European Commission following complaints from consumer and privacy groups in Europe and the US that a merged company would give Google access to...
[July 9, 2007, 9:49]
