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Will The European Commission decide to block Google's acqusition of Doubleclick?
Wallace ( Score Rank: User did not make predictions in the last 30 days ) Wallace  |  was scored on 11-Mar-2008 (735 days ago)
EU antitrust regulators launched on Tuesday an in-depth investigation into Google's takeover of the online advertising firm DoubleClick over concerns the deal could threaten competition. The European Commission said it would rule by April 2 on whether to allow the deal, which is contested by technology rivals such as Microsoft and Yahoo as well as privacy advocates. So, will EC block the deal?
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  1. freeman freeman 735 days ago
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    answered: [ * ] EC block the deal!
    See Guru's comment.
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  2. Guru Guru 735 days ago
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    predicted: [ 0% ] EC block the deal!
    EU decides not to block, the deal finally goes thru:
    http://www.2news.tv/news/business/165...

    Let's close this prediction.
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  3. Arthur Arthur 817 days ago
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    predicted: [ 78% ] EC block the deal!
    FTC just approved it. The next is EC. The result will definitely affect its share price.
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    1. Guru Guru 817 days ago
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      I wonder what will happen if FTC approves it and then EC blocks it. That will be interesting. But troublesome for Google.
       
  4. Guru Guru 823 days ago
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    predicted: [ 80% ] EC block the deal!
    Absolutely, Google is getting too big. And someone has to do something about it.
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  5. oilman oilman 824 days ago
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    predicted: [ 35% ] EC block the deal!
    EC has been doing a great job protecting European businesses. It can happen.
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  6. bafamed bafamed 829 days ago
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    predicted: [ 0% ] EC block the deal!
    no
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  7. will101 will101 849 days ago
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    predicted: [ 20% ] EC block the deal!
    Block the acquistion? No way, maybe slow it down a bit.
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  8. oWell oWell 853 days ago
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    predicted: [ 10% ] EC block the deal!
    The probe will probably take quite a long time ...
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    1. MasterMind MasterMind 853 days ago
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      I wonder how the block will work. I thought Google has already acquired Doubleclick, so what exactly is it blocking? Let's say the investigation takes a year, does it mean Google cannot execute the merger until after a year? Anyone knows how this works?
       
  9. Wallace Wallace 853 days ago
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    predicted: [ 21% ] EC block the deal!
    I am sure Google will manage to get thru the EC. Online advertising is still a young industry. It might be too early to say this acquisition touches on antitrust issue.
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