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Yahoo-Google ad deal 'still on track'
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| The partnership, which is designed to increase Yahoo's ad revenue, is "still
| on track," a source familiar with the partnership said, and an announcement
| is expected next week. That aligns well with reports in the New York Post and
| Reuters.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9946069-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Google Moves to Friend More Web Site Operators
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| Noting that social activity on the Web is controlled by a handful of social
| networks, Google Director of Engineering David Glazer said Google's new
| Friend Connect service aims to let users use any application on any site with
| their friends.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Hopes-to-Friend-More-Web-Site-Operators/
Yahoo tries to conceal lawsuit documents
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| Also included in the documents are notes from a conversation between Jerry
| Yang and Steve Ballmer, the respective chief executives of Yahoo and
| Microsoft, and of comments top executives made about the severance plan, the
| AP said. The information was gathered during the discovery phase of the
| lawsuit.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9946485-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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Google addresses antitrust issue on Yahoo ad deal
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| Google's top executives on Thursday gave a glimpse into how it might try to
| deflect antitrust concerns of a possible ad-sharing deal with rival Yahoo,
| advising observers to look at the overall ad market.
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| "You are narrowly focused on search advertising," co-founder Sergey Brin told
| reporters at the company's headquarters here before Google's shareholder
| meeting. "Advertising as a whole is much broader, and Internet advertising is
| much broader."
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| [...]
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| Yahoo-Google ad test a success
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| The two-week test with Yahoo went well, Brin said.
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| "We had a really good dynamic. We were able to implement it quickly. The
| technology teams got along well. They were able to get the protocols working
| very easily and able to gain a lot of insights," Brin said.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9939473-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Yang hits back at Ballmer; mentions antitrust concerns
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| The part of the new Yahoo letter I found most interesting, though, was the
| mention of antitrust issues that would arise if the acquisition goes through
| — something that neither Microsoft nor Yahoo has spent much time discussing
| publicly. From the letter:
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| “As to antitrust, we have discussed with you our concerns. Any
| transaction between us would result in a thorough regulatory review in
| multiple jurisdictions. As a follow up to a recent meeting among our
| respective legal advisors we had on this topic, and at your request, we
| provided to you on March 28 a list of additional information we would
| need to further our understanding of the regulatory issues associated
| with any transaction. To date, you have still not provided any of the
| requested information.”
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1317
The Microsoft-Yahoo merger: Yes, privacy is an antitrust concern
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| The same day that Microsoft announced it was about to offer $44.6 billion
| offer for Yahoo, Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), chairman of the Senate
| Antitrust Subcommittee, issued a statement: “We will need to scrutinize the
| deal carefully to ensure that it will not cause any harm to the
| competitiveness of what has been a vibrant high tech marketplace, nor
| negatively impact the privacy rights of internet users.”
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http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/archives/files/Microsoft-Yahoo%20Lande%20privacy_030220081748.pdf
Microsoft Lawyers Map Out the Bid for Yahoo
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| Two days after they talked, the AAI released a statement that called for
| regulators to closely scrutinize Microsoft's bid. Lande, a Baltimore School
| of Law professor, says he spoke with Rule at length, but his reaction to the
| merger proposal was less than measured. "There will be less pressure to
| innovate in the long term," he says. "The consumer will lose."
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http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202469653006
China's Alibaba ponders Microsoft's Yahoo bid-WSJ
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| Alibaba Group, the Chinese Internet company part-owned by Yahoo Inc, has
| hired advisers to evaluate issues related to a possible purchase of its U.S.
| partner by Microsoft Corp after the Chinese government said it would
| scrutinize the deal, the Wall Street Journal said Friday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNTN1559272320080216?rpc=44
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