EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6218300.html
So Microsoft's plan to "kill Google" involves harassing politicians using PR
agencies and lobbyists (bullies). This has been recorded well by the media
(many such stories and incidents all over the globe). Ironically, Microsoft
tried paying twice as much for the very same company.
Related:
Microsoft trying to derail Google/DoubleClick deal by lobbying congress
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| Microsoft has hired lobbying firm Patton Boggs LLC to do work on "competitive
| issues surrounding Google/DoubleClick [sic] merger."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070816-microsoft-spends-40000-to-lobby-congress-about-googledoubleclick-merger.html
Politics and tech companies: follow the money
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110-8194.html
Changing the Report, After the Vote
http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/01/commission
Tech Companies Paid Lobbyist $200,000
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| Over 60 companies and trade associations, including Microsoft Corp. and Apple
| Inc., have formed the Coalition for Patent Fairness, which paid Patton Boggs
| to lobby Congress in support of patent reform legislation, according to the
| form posted online Aug. 9 by the Senate's public records office.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070830/tech_companies_lobbying.html?.v=1
Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation
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| It was just a bit of text advocating open data formats that was slipped into
| a Florida State Senate bill at the last minute with no fanfare, but within
| 24 hours three Microsoft-paid lobbyists, all wearing black suits, were
| pressuring members of the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations
| (COGO) to remove the words they didn't like from Senate bill 1974.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/16/2019244&from=rss
Politicians in Microsoft's Pocket
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| Continuing on the theme of which politicians are receiving money from
| who. Here is a list of candidates who took money from MSFT.
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http://www.fonz.net/blog/archives/2007/06/04/politicians-in-microsofts-pocket/
Google-Doubleclick deal likely to win OK - experts
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| Mark Kovner, an antitrust lawyer with Kirkland & Ellis, said the Federal
| Trade Commission was not inclined to block vertical mergers, which are
| usually the combination of two companies producing different goods or
| services for the same product.
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http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN09237242
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