Thursday, July 3, 2008

The FTC clears Google acquisition of DoubleClick

Official Google Blog: Analysis: The FTC clears our acquisition of DoubleClick


the U.S. FTC cleared acquisition of DoubleClick with key points
1.Transaction was cleared with no conditions.
2.Google and DoubleClick are not competitors.
3.Third party ad serving markets are highly competitive
4.Privacy not a part of the merger review
5.Data combination wouldn't pose problems.