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Microsoft's proposed search and advertising partnership with Yahoo stands a better chance of winning regulatory approval than Yahoo's previously proposed deal with Google did, but it's not a slam dunk. That's the takeaway from two articles this morning quoting antitrust experts evaluating the prospects for the deal.
The Associated Press quotes Melissa Maxman, head of the antitrust practice group at Baker & Hostetler LLP, saying that the deal probably won't raise nearly the same level of concern because the companies' combined market share will still lag Google by a considerable amount. At the same time, she notes that regulators are tasked with keeping the market from becoming too concentrated.
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The Associated Press quotes Melissa Maxman, head of the antitrust practice group at Baker & Hostetler LLP, saying that the deal probably won't raise nearly the same level of concern because the companies' combined market share will still lag Google by a considerable amount. At the same time, she notes that regulators are tasked with keeping the market from becoming too concentrated.
