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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: washingtonpost.com (206 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (143 articles) nytimes.com (136 articles) baltimoresun.com (103 articles) boston.com (88 articles) foxnews.com (77 articles) timesonline.co.uk (62 articles) cbc.ca (58 articles) suntimes.com (52 articles) ft.com (52 articles) latimes.com (41 articles) haaretz.com (37 articles) abcnews.go.com (37 articles) dallasnews.com (26 articles) nypost.com (16 articles) cbsnews.com (14 articles) msnbc.msn.com (11 articles) entertainment. timesonline.co.uk (10 articles) cnn.com (9 articles) technology. timesonline.co.uk (8 articles) sfgate.com (6 articles) latimesblogs. latimes.com (6 articles) sportsillustrated. cnn.com (3 articles) topics.latimes.com (1 article) nature.com (1 article) weblogs. baltimoresun.com (1 article)	Microsoft cites Yang comments on Google-Yahoo deal Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English WASHINGTON - Yahoo Inc. drew skepticism from lawmakers when company officials said a plan to run some Internet search-based advertising sold by Google Inc. wouldn't hurt competition. (article 9) Google, operator of the most popular search engine, and Yahoo, its closest competitor, said their arrangement wouldn't drive up prices for Web-based ads or expose users' personal information. (article 9) Yahoo announced the deal with Google last month, after rebuffing takeover efforts by Microsoft Corp., which claims the agreement threatens to reduce competition in Internet advertising and raise prices. (article 9) Their arguments were countered by Microsoft officials who argued that the partnership would allow Google and Yahoo to dominate more than 90 percent of the search advertising market and could significantly raise prices. (article 6) Investigators are planning to demand documents not only from Google and Yahoo, but also from other large companies in the Internet and media industries, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. (article 10) " There is nothing unexpected in the review of this arrangement as structured by the parties and Department of Justice officials Yahoo said in a statement, expressing confidence that the deal would be good for competition. (article 10) Other summaries about this story: Summary from United States, from articles in English (9 articles) [compare] Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords Yahoo, Microsoft, Icahn, GOOGLE, search Source articles Microsoft supports Icahn's Yahoo bid - (baltimoresun.com, 07/15/2008, 467 words) FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/15/2008, 977 words) Yahoo rejects new break-up offer (BBC News, 07/13/2008, 237 words) Icahn blasts Yahoo over latest Microsoft attempt (boston.com, 07/15/2008, 210 words) FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/14/2008, 591 words) Google and Yahoo Defend Ad Alliance at a Hearing (nytimes.com, 07/16/2008, 641 words) Microsoft cites Yang comments on Google-Yahoo deal (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 327 words) Yahoo CEO allegedly admitted deal with Google would reduce competition (L.A. Times, 07/15/2008, 510 words) Antitrust committee challenges Yahoo plan (boston.com, 07/16/2008, 418 words) Google Ad Deal Is Under Scrutiny (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 360 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu