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Sep. 29, 2008
Google-Yahoo Deal Could Encourage a High Degree of Secrecy
Whatever the Justice Department decides about a possible Google-Yahoo deal, its analysis should be revealed so that advertisers, consumers and antitrust experts can fairly evaluate the decision, writes Warren S. Grimes.
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By Warren S. Grimes You may be one of the dwindling number of Americans who prefer newspapers to the Internet. But regardless of your information source, you should know about the pending Google-Yahoo deal now afloat in cyberspace. These two firms are the dominant providers of Internet search engines, the tool that facilitates online searches for information or for a product or service. Google has roughly 70 percent of the search engi...
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