The new request means that the regulators will conduct a more thorough analysis before approving the transaction. Microsoft anticipated this development when, in July it was announced cooperation with Yahoo, said spokesman Jack Evans (Jack Evans). He declined to comment on the contents of a request from the U.S. Department. Source agency reported that authorities want to know more about the plans of companies to invest in a joint project, what services they intend to provide and pricing for these services.
Consideration of the deal by competition authorities should be completed no earlier than 2010 Microsoft, according to its general counsel Brad Smith (Brad Smith), is confident that it will be able to convince regulators in the utility of a large competitor Google. Microsoft is not alone in coping with the leader of the search industry, which accounts for 78% now search advertising market. "To effectively compete need a certain scale of business", - said Smith.
Microsoft and Yahoo have reached an agreement on partnership in the field of Internet search last month. Developed by Microsoft's search engine Bing will be used at all sites of Yahoo. And Yahoo will continue to sell ads on search results pages on their sites and some areas of Microsoft.
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