FTC aQuantive probe is 'routine', Microsoft says
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| The irony is that Microsoft was one of the leading voices calling for
| an FTC probe of the Google-DoubleClick deal.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/15/microsoft_yahoo_google_ftc_probes/
Based on part stories (see below for example), the FTC is like a parking
meter.
Related:
Rambus soars on FTC speculation
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| The wild man of IT stocks saw its share price rocket by a third
| yesterday on rumours the US Federal Trade Commission won't penalise
| Rambus too much for antitcompetitive behaviour.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35801
FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power
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| In an opinion by Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, the Commission
| found that, through a course of deceptive conduct, Rambus was able to
| distort a critical standard-setting process and engage in an
| anticompetitive "hold up" of the computer memory industry.
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| [...]
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| In June 2002, the FTC charged Rambus with violating federal antitrust
| laws by deliberately engaging in a pattern of anticompetitive acts to
| deceive an industry-wide standard-setting organization, which
| caused or threatened to cause substantial harm to competition
| and consumers...
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http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/08/rambus.htm
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