EU To Clear Google-DoubleClick on Tuesday, Google Into Display
www.businessinsider.com/2008/3/eu-to-clear-google-doubleclick-on-tuesday--about-time-
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After a year's worth of ludicrous scrutiny, the Google-DoubleClick deal will finally clear its last regulatory hurdle next week, the FT says. The EU is reportedly set to clear the deal on Tuesday, about a month ahead of schedule.
Three years ago, DoubleClick couldn't give itself away. Thanks to a global Microsoft-sponsored lobbying effort, however, it and it's soon-to-be parent have spent the last year in purgatory.
So now Google can finally leap with both feet into the world of display advertising. Just in the nick of time.