Sam Gustin
Jul 28, 2011 7:03 PM
*Google* Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before lawmakers probing the company’s market power on Sept. 21, the search giant confirmed on Thursday. After initially declining to appear, the former CEO received a not-so-subtle subpoena threat from the committee and rethought his position. The hearing, which will focus on charges…
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Sam Gustin
Jul 8, 2011 4:19 PM
Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee in September, a company spokesperson confirmed on Friday. It’s a reversal for Google (NSDQ: GOOG), which had previously declined to make Schmidt or CEO Larry Page available to the panel of lawmakers probing the search…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 12, 2008 8:39 PM
Will it or won’t it? U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, came out with a statement this evening on the Yahoo-Google (NSDQ: GOOG) deal: “We will closely examine the joint venture between Google and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) announced today. This collaboration between two technology giants…
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