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ATTORNEY GENERAL COAKLEY ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING TERMINATION OF GOOGLE/YAHOO AGREEMENT

Article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News Article date: November 05, 2008

The Massachusetts Attorney General issued the following news release:

On June 12, 2008, Google and Yahoo! announced that they had entered into an agreement under which Google ads would appear on Yahoo! Search Results pages and on various Yahoo! web properties and partner sites. According to Yahoo!'s announcement regarding the agreement, it was projected to generate approximately $800 million annual revenue for Yahoo! and an estimated $250 million to $450 million in incremental operating cash flow in the first 12 months following implementation. The agreement was for an initial four-year term, ...

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(Newser) – The Justice Department has hired a top lawyer to review a possible antitrust case against the Google-Yahoo advertising deal, which would give the companies control of 80% of web search ads, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sanford Litvack, a former Disney vice-chairman, was Jimmy Carter’s antitrust chief. While officials have been deposing witnesses and collecting documents for weeks, it’s not yet certain they'll go to court.

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