Google-DoubleClick deal draws criticism
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| Europe's major consumer group BEUC said Wednesday that it feared Internet
| search engine Google Inc.'s takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick Inc.
| would damage European Union privacy rights and limit consumers' choice of Web
| content.
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| [...]
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| DoubleClick had been the target of a bidding war between Microsoft and
| Google.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_hi_te/google_doubleclick
Remember who initiated the complaints in the States. Bill and Steve need to
look at the mirror sometimes.
Related:
Bubble Wrap: How Will Microsoft-aQuantive Be Remembered?
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| Microsoft shows no signs of fear. On a conference call today to discuss
| the $6 billion deal, struck at a price well more than double the
| online ad company's stock value at the beginning of the year,
| Microsoft executives reiterated that
| even bigger acquisitions could be on the horizon.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2007/05/18/bubble-wrap-how-will-microsoft-aquantive-be-remembered/?mod=yahoo_hs
Did Microsoft Panic With This aQuantive Buy?
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| In that argument, Microsoft will argue that Google and DoubleClick
| stifles competition while Microsoft's aQuantive buy stimulates it. I
| don't get the argument to be honest. Online advertising is being
| consolidated among three giants-Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. My
| bet: Microsoft eventually shuts up about Google so it doesn't
| raise concerns about the aQuantive deal.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070518/35986_id.html?.v=1
News Analysis: Microsoft General Counsel on DoubleClick and Antitrust
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| This raises a very important question - why didn't Microsoft match Google's
| $3.1 billion offer. Smith would not comment on this, but I can report from
| very good sources that in fact the company did offer to match it, and was
| willing to pay even more to insure that Google did not corner the online ad
| market. But for whatever reasons, the private equity firm that owned the
| majority of DoubleClick's shares decided to go with Google.
|
| [...]
|
| I asked Smith about the irony of Microsoft asking the government to
| support it on antitrust. His response was interesting.
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http://battellemedia.com/archives/003561.php
Microsoft Befriends Google's Foes
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| After a government- and monopoly-inspired period in which Microsoft had
| to pretend to be a gentle force for global good, the company is being
| forced to return to its ruthless roots. Ironically, it is doing this
| in part by decrying the unfair practices of a competitor and
| shamelessly sucking up to the Establishment.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/microsoft-google-blodget-tech-cx_hb_0306blodget.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/3bewws
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