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April 15, 2007 Yahoo, AT&T and Microsoft among those considering regulatory objections to search giant's planned purchase of online-ad company. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., online advertising company, Brad Smith, scrutiny, regulator, online advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp.

September 27, 2007 Senators say both sides made good arguments but don't say whether the proposed $3.1 billion deal should be blocked. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, Capitol Hill, aQuantive Inc., merger, senator, Google Inc., antitrust, argument, Sen., acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

November 13, 2007 European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the $3.1 billion deal at risk. TAGS: merger, DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, commission, regulator, European Union, investigation, antitrust, decision, Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

May 18, 2007 For $6 billion, Redmond gets Aquantive, a leading player in serving online ads. But will it get peace of mind?Microsoft to buy Aquantive for $6 billion TAGS: aQuantive Inc., online advertising, 24/7 Real Media Inc., DoubleClick Inc., Redmond, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

December 28, 2007 The search giant gets into the phone business, with an eye on prime wireless real estate, and works toward a takeover of ad specialist DoubleClick. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, Jerry Yang, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., real estate, YouTube, Yahoo! Inc., video, Microsoft Corp.

March 14, 2008 Big companies go on the hunt for acquisitions to beef up their positions, while developers get many warm welcomes. Also: Unruly at South by Southwest. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., merger, Bebo, bid, Week in review, acquisition, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., virtual machine, online advertising, game company, antitrust, Google Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S.

February 1, 2008 To pull this off, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer will need to throw one hell of a hail mary pass, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, Steve Ballmer, Wall Street, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

May 18, 2007 Spending spree on advertising companies continues, as the software giant issues a rejoinder to Google's plan to purchase DoubleClick. TAGS: aQuantive Inc., Razorfish, DoubleClick Inc., advertising company, Microsoft Windows Live, acquisition, advertiser, advertising agency, VoD, online advertising, MSN, Microsoft Corp., IP, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows

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