Justice Dept To Investigate Google-Yahoo Deal

Anonymous Oddity writes "The Washington Post is reporting that the Justice Department's investigating the Yahoo-Google advertising deal. Obviously the deal controls a massive portion of the internet advertising market. US Antitrust law isn't entirely intuitive, but it does tend to frown on large deals between companies that operate on the same level if those deals can be interpreted as restrictive of trade."

Comments

Great. see how free business in u.s. ?

[unity100]

and how easily private interests can have the government launch an 'investigation' for their own benefit ?

that billionaire guy jumped in and attempted a hostile takeover of yahoo to force a merger with microsoft. it failed due to the board's resistance. the faggot tried to oust the board through shareholders. he failed.

and now suddenly government launches an antitrust investigation to google-yahoo deal that axed the billionaire faggot's filthy takeover attempt. anyone to believe that this 'investigation' was not brought by greasing the right palms at right places, is an idiot.

just one filthy bastard can do that much of damage to business freedom. to all you republicans out there who have been blowing my ear off about republican agenda freeing businesses in the discussions - stop it. see what kind of environment u.s. market has become thanks to long periods of republican administration. a lawless place in which a single wealthy individual can totally obliterate mega companies out of whim.