EU Approves Google-DoubleClick Merger

A number of readers sent word that EU regulators have cleared the Google-DoubleClick deal. "The commission said Google and DoubleClick 'were not exerting major competitive constraints on each other's activities and could, therefore, not be considered as competitors,' and even if DoubleClick could become an effective competitor in online intermediation services, 'it is likely that other competitors would continue to exert sufficient competitive pressure after the merger.'"

Re:Did I miss something?

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder how much that trick cost Google?

Apparently politicians over there are for sale as well. How could this NOT be anti-competitive?

Probably quite a bit with the recent decline in the value of the dollar. I'm pretty sure that European politicians are only bribeable in Euros.

ISR

[SeaFox]

Welcome our new advertising overlords! Or something like that.

In capitalist Europe, Google-Doubleclick approves EU!

The company that does everything

[MillionthMonkey]

Do no evil + Do evil = Do everything

RTFA!

[Anonymous Coward]

O com-mon. I was enjoying the respite from RTFA Nazis.