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Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday.
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Judge says leaning toward U.S. in Apple e-books case
NEW YORK - In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-book prices.
ITC says Microsoft did not violate Google patent
WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp won a round in a complex patent war on Thursday when the International Trade Commission said the company's popular Xbox entertainment system did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility.
Dish and nTelos to jointly develop broadband service
- Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp and wireless network provider nTelos Holdings Corp said they would jointly develop a broadband service within nTelos's coverage territory serving parts of Virginia, Maryland and a few other states.
Hulu video site auction attracts four bidders: sources
LOS ANGELES - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, triggering a tug-of-war for the online video service.
Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid
NEW YORK - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday.
How Tumblr might ‘screw up’ Yahoo
The Yahoo-Tumblr deal’s most pressing issue isn’t what will come of balance sheets, it’s what will come of each organization’s corporate culture.
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