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If Google Buys Groupon, It'd Be a Windfall for Investors, Bankers…and Regulators?

in News on November 29, 2010 at 5:33 am PT

If Google does manage to close the deal to buy Groupon–acquisition discussions flagged by BoomTown 10 days ago–it will be at a cost that is likely to be much more than the $2.5 billion price tag being floated in the latest batch of rumors. It’s not just that the deal will likely come in at a higher number, which will mean a big payoff for investors and bankers involved. It’s because as soon as it purchases the social group buying phenom, the search giant will be buying a whole lot of pricey regulatory scrutiny too.

Shocking Coincidence! Republicans, AT&T Unhappy With Proposed Network Neutrality Rules.

in News on September 21, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

That was fast. Just hours after Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, unveiled his open Internet proposal, a number of Republican senators stepped forward to oppose it. Arguing that Net Neutrality will “impede investment and innovation of new technologies,” Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas), proposed an amendment to an Interior Department appropriations bill that would bar the FCC from using federal funds to implement the proposal.

Shocking Coincidence! Republicans, AT&T Unhappy With Proposed Network Neutrality Rules.

in News on September 21, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

That was fast. Just hours after Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, unveiled his open Internet proposal, a number of Republican senators stepped forward to oppose it. Arguing that Net Neutrality will “impede investment and innovation of new technologies,” Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas), proposed an amendment to an Interior Department appropriations bill that would bar the FCC from using federal funds to implement the proposal.