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Brent Kendall and Joe Palazzolo, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 27 at 2:00 am PT
The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it has enlisted a seasoned litigator to help lead its antitrust investigation into whether Google Inc. has abused its dominance in Web-search advertising, a move that could provide a big boost to the agency’s legal team if it ultimately decides to bring a case against the search giant.
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Peter Kafka in Media on February 23 at 9:00 am PT
Ad tech start-up
Yieldbot has raised a $4.2 million A round led by New Atlantic Ventures and RRE Ventures. The New York-based company helps publishers sell their display inventory to marketers who usually buy search ads from Google and Microsoft instead. Seed investors kbs+p Ventures, Common Angels and Neu Venture Capital also re-upped.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on December 10, 2008 at 2:47 pm PT
China-based Baidu’s earnings estimates have dropped sharply following the recent controversy involving the company’s connection to some unlicensed medical firms via search-related advertising. One Hong Kong analyst dropped his earnings forecast by five percent for this year and 19 percent for 2009.
