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DOJ Recalibrates Google Arrogance Algorithm

in News on October 14, 2008 at 3:45 pm PT

A few weeks back, Google wasn’t at all deterred by regulators’ heightened scrutiny of the company’s advertising agreement with Yahoo. It had no plans to delay the deal with its struggling rival, which was to begin this month. “Time is money in our business,” said Google CEO Eric Schmidt. “… While we have been talking to regulators, we don’t know what their position is. We don’t know if they think it’s a good deal or poor deal.” How quickly things change.