Department of Justice – Inorganic Growth https://blogs.451research.com/techdeals The 451 Take on Tech M&A Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:03:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 Google and Yahoo break up http://blogs.451research.com/techdeals/web-20/google-and-yahoo-advertising-deal/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:38:24 +0000 http://blogs.451research.com/techdeals/?p=147 Continue reading Google and Yahoo break up →]]> -by Thomas Rasmussen

The Department of Justice announced this morning that it would file suit to block the planned advertising pact between Google and Yahoo. Google followed quickly by axing the deal. YHOO is up 8% in mid-day trading while the overall market is down sharply. The Google/Yahoo breakup has sparked renewed hope among shareholders that Microsoft could return to the table. It also opens up the possibility of a long rumored partnership between Time Warner’s AOL and Yahoo.

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