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GOOG: Google acquisition of DoubleClick faces biggest hurdle in EU

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Posted 732 days ago on 11/06/07

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The European Union, which famously hounded Microsoft for years over anti-competitive practices, may well set its sights on Google as the next giant up for kneecap-bashing. We'll skip the legal details here, but this insightful post on ClickZ covers most of them, concluding that "the parties cannot complete the deal unless both EU and FTC approve it." The European commission is set to decide DoubleClick's fate a little over a week from now, on November 13. A negative outcome can determine a significant stop to google dominance of the advertising market. A positive outcome could on the other hand give google a real edge over competition.

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Salvatore Esposito

Posted 3/12/2008, 5:55 am

EU just passed the acquisition of Doubleclick by Google

Salvatore Esposito

Posted 11/16/2007, 6:23 am

Decision was posponed to April 2nd 2007. At this point it's arguable that they will not pass the acquisition. probably there will be some tough regulations, yet experts all agree that the acquisition is through

Salvatore Esposito

Posted 11/6/2007, 9:35 am

On the other hand it seems that Online media conglomerate InterActiveCorp-owners of Ask.com, Evite and
other popular web sites-on Monday announced a $3.5 billion advertising
agreement with Google, in what analysts say is the search king's
second largest ad space deal yet. This means a 5% increase in market share. Some say It'll reach 735

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