Cahn considering proxy fight with Yahoo!. - NewsFeed Researcher :: Icahn opposed a similar deal between AOL and Google, and he seems unlikely to any transactions, such as a Google ad partnership, that might ruin the chances http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_w20/idw2008.05.15.13.32.02.htmlHOME | U.S. antitrust authorities are reviewing Google's purchase of advertising company DoubleClick as quickly as possible, Federal Trade Commissioner Jon Leibowitz said on Thursday.
November 2007 Commercial Alert:: MySpace, Facebook ad plans violate privacy, groups tell FTC FTC reviewing Google ad deal expeditiously November 1st | Anne Dudley Ellis | Fresno Bee http://www.commercialalert.org/news/archive/2007/11HOME | 168 + 96 - SWiK:: 500 million as part of the $14.5 billion deal between FTC Approves Googles $3.1 Billion Acquisition Of DoubleClick; 4-1 In Favor; EU Hurdle Looms http://swik.net/168+96HOME | "Our staff is working through the matter as expeditiously as possible given the complexity of the matter," Leibowitz said. The agency's antitrust review of the deal began in May.
But Leibowitz warned that privacy advocates could be disappointed. U.S. privacy and technology groups have raised questions about the deal because Google stores information on the Internet-surfing habits of users and uses it to sell ads. DoubleClick connects ad agencies, marketers and Web site publishers.
InternetNews Realtime IT News - Google-DoubleClick Privacy Concerns :: FTC Says Internet Ad Self-Regulation Falling Short. FTC Reviewing Google Ad Deal Expeditiously Ahead on Google-Yahoo Deal Review. Microsoft Adds http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3712386/GoogleDocerns+Prompt+Senate+P.htmHOME | The review "can't be about privacy, per se," said Leibowitz, who made his remarks at an FTC public meeting on the privacy implications of Internet advertising.
Australia has approved the $3.1 billion deal, but it faces antitrust scrutiny in the European Union and United States.
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The deal faces opposition from competitors Microsoft and Yahoo.
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