Googles proposed (and now delayed) acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob appears to be drawing even more regulatory scrutiny from the FTC. Bloomberg cites sources who say that regulators now want sworn declarations from Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) competitors about the $750 million deal. The key sentence in the Bloomberg report comes from a former...
Earlier today, Google chief economist Hal Varian gave a presentation to an FTC workshop on the changing economics of the newspaper industry. We all...
TechCrunch has a summary of a presentation by Googles chief economist, Hal Varian, on the decline of newspaper advertising revenues.
The CEO of Lifelock, Todd Davis, became famous for advertising his Social Security number on television ads and billboards promising his $10 monthly service would protect...
Identity theft prevention service LifeLock is not as pristine as its reputation claims after all. The company agreed to pay out $12 million to settle charges with the Federal...
It seems that President Obamas former senior health-care adviser, David Cutler, is following in the proud tradition of Jonathan Gruber by conveniently ignoring potentially huge...
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Google Inc. ( ) for their acquisition of AdMob. The FTC is checking to see if the acquisition of AdMob would reduce competition for...
Thank you to those who listened to the Blog Talk Radio ,hosted by Write On! about book bloggers and online reviewers with myself, Ron Hogan and Yen Cheong as guests. For those...
Today the FTC announced that Lifelock and the Commission settled claims related to the company's advertising. The action may sound serious and of course the press loves to...
