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Feds Give Google Permission to Take Off With ITA, But With Concessions

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 8, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

The Feds have given Google clearance to take off with the airline search software concern ITA, but only after the search giant has agreed to set a concessions.

U.S. Approves Comcast’s Acquisition of NBC U, but With Conditions

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 18, 2011 at 12:18 pm PT

Among the hoops through which Comcast will have to jump: Making video once exclusive to Hulu available to competitors and extending more broadband into rural areas.

Justice Department Looking to Punch IBM's Card?

John Paczkowski in News on October 8, 2009 at 4:43 am PT

It has been nearly eight years since the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to dissolve its 1956 consent decree with IBM, lifting restrictions that had prevented the company from becoming a monopoly in the market for punch card tabulating machines. But perhaps those restrictions were better left in place. Because on Thursday, the DOJ opened a new investigation into IBM’s business practices, seeking to determine if the company has abused its monopoly position in the mainframe market.

Justice Department Looking to Punch IBM’s Card?

John Paczkowski in News on October 8, 2009 at 4:43 am PT

It has been nearly eight years since the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to dissolve its 1956 consent decree with IBM, lifting restrictions that had prevented the company from becoming a monopoly in the market for punch card tabulating machines. But perhaps those restrictions were better left in place. Because on Thursday, the DOJ opened a new investigation into IBM’s business practices, seeking to determine if the company has abused its monopoly position in the mainframe market.

Nov. 9 Deadline Set for Amended Google Book Deal

John Paczkowski in News on October 7, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

November 9. That’s the day on which Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers are to submit an amended version of their book settlement, one that addresses concerns that it might give them unfair advantage over other digital libraries or violate copyright laws abroad.

Just When Microsoft Thought It Was Out, the Justice Department Pulls It Back In!

Kara Swisher in News on April 17, 2009 at 2:36 am PT

The Microsoft antitrust trial seems like a distant memory, doesn’t it? Not quite yet to the Justice Department, it seems, which asked the federal judge overseeing the 2002 settlement with federal and state regulators yesterday to extend her oversight of some of the judgment another 18 months. The Justice Department said it wants that extended to make sure Microsoft fully complies with the requirement that technical documentation to licensees is crackerjack.