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Microsoft is set to challenge Google in the online ad world with the sealing of its US$6 billion takeover of Internet advertising firm aQuantive.
Online ad company DoubleClick said on Monday it has bought search-engine marketing specialist Performics for US$58 million in cash, in a bid to profit from the fast-growing sector.
Google's megamerger proposal with DoubleClick could face greater scrutiny in Europe than the US if antitrust regulators decide the deal takes the companies into new markets.
It's official: Microsoft is deploying lobbyists to oppose Google's proposed purchase of DoubleClick, which it claims raise "serious competitive issues" in the online-ad space.
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