Congress to investigate Google-DoubleClick deal
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A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has opened an investigation into Google'sÂ proposed $3.1 billion acquisitionÂ of online advertising seller DoubleClick.
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European Union regulators will review Google's plans to buy DoubleClick for $3.1 billion after national authorities declined to take the case.
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InfoWorld - Google&#160;on Tuesday confirmed that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating its&#160;proposed $3.1 billion purchase&#160;of online advertising seller DoubleClick.
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Privacy to be central to lawmaker hearings in Europe on Google's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of the online-ad company.
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A U.S. House panel is looking into the "far-reaching privacy and competition issues" surrounding the deal.
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Google's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick is the target of a formal FTC investigation, focusing on privacy issues and on the possibility that the merger raises antitrust issues.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigatingÂ Google's proposed $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick, according to news reports Tuesday. The investigation began at the end of last week as a result of concerns over privacy issues and the potential for anti-competitive practices, the New York Times reported, quoting anonymous sources. The two companies announced the all-cash agreement last month, with both Google and Microsoft pursuing the online advertising company, as the competition between the two for a greater share of the online ad market increases. Privacy groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD),Â filed a complaint with the FTCÂ on April 20, asking that the government agency block the merger unless Google will ensure users' privacy, including deleting information that could identify an individual user once that user ends his or her session with a Google site. Antitrust issues are likely to be of greater concern than privacy ones, with regulators more concerned about the merger's effect on other online ad players and their ability to compete against the new combined entity, the report said. Â
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InfoWorld - U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras is consulting with the agency's ethics officer to see if she should recuse herself from a review ofÂ Google's planned acquisition of online ad network DoubleClick.
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Statement confirms that the FTC is investigating proposed $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising network DoubleClick.
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The chairman of a Senate antitrust panel said Googleâs proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of the online advertising company DoubleClick 'âwarrants close examinationâ' by regulators.
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Google said it would file on Friday with the European Commission for permission to acquire rival DoubleClick for $3.1 billion.
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Google  said it would file on  Friday with the European Commission for permission to acquire  rival DoubleClick for $3.1 billion.
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras is consulting with the agency's ethics officer to see if she should recuse herself from a review of Google's planned acquisition of online ad network DoubleClick.
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A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee joins FTC in investigating Google's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick.
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Google took a step closer to its acquisition of online advertising server DoubleClick on Thursday, when the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the sale. One major hurdle still remaining is approval by the European Commission.
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The US Congress Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing next week to scrutinize Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar bid to acquire Yahoo in order to take on Internet goliath Google.
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Antitrust authorities will conduct  an extended investigation into Google&#39;s  proposed  acquisition of Web ad supplier DoubleClick Inc., Google said on  Tuesday.