- Facebook Fiasco: 10 Things Underwriters Got Wrong
- Sticker Shock: What College Is Likely to Cost in 18 Years
- Week Ahead: Europe Has Wall Street Bull on Short Leash
- What Happened to Stocks? Most Unloved in 50 Years
- Icahn Raises Stake in Chesapeake, Wants Board Seats
- Citigroup Lost $20 Million on Facebook IPO Trades
- Break Up JPMorgan: Sheila Bair
- Main Players in the Greek Election
- Many Greeks Moved Their Money Abroad Long Ago
MOST SHARED
- Citigroup Lost $20 Million on Facebook IPO Trades
- Spanish Lender Seeks 19 Billion Euros; Ratings Cut on 5 Banks
- Astronauts Snare SpaceX Rocket
- Carl Icahn Increases Stake in Chesapeake, Demands Board Seats
- Marc Faber: 100% Chance of Global Recession
- The Key to a Successful Turnaround
- Your First Move For Tuesday May 29th
- Oil Declines, but Doesn't Help European Consumers
- Senate Summons Dimon to 'Get to the Bottom' of JPM Mess
- Kansas City Fed President Steps Into Jamie Dimon Debate
MOST POPULAR
HOT ON FACEBOOK
Microsoft/Yahoo Deal Poses Antitrust Issues: Google
Text Size 
Google fired back Sunday at Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo, accusing Microsoft of seeking to extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet realm.
David Drummond, a Google [GOOG
Loading...
()
] senior vice president and its chief legal officer, said in a blog post that the combination of Microsoft [MSFT
Loading...
()
] and Yahoo[YHOO
Loading...
()
]
could undermine the open competition that has fueled more than a decade of Web innovation.
"Between them, the two companies operate the two most heavily trafficked portals on the Internet," Drummond wrote in a blog post to be published at http://googleblog.blogspot.com.
"Could a combination of the two take advantage of a PC software monopoly to unfairly limit the ability of consumers to freely access competitors' email, IM, and Web-based services?" he asked rhetorically, noting that Microsoft has a history ofusing its monopoly positions to ominate newer, adjacent markets.
The Google executive called on policymakers around the world to challenge the merger. In making its case for the deal on Friday, Microsoft executives said Google -- not Microsoft -- was the one company antitrust regulators were likely to bar from buying Yahoo based on Google's dominance in Web search.
Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes
