American Blind & Wallpaper Factory has had a suit pending against Google (GOOG) since 2003. It accuses the search engine of allowing companies to put competing advertising next to listing of firms…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, American Blind & Wallpaper Factory Inc has dropped its long-running suit against Google (GOOG) for running ads for competitors when search results for a company appear. Reuters writes that…
Microsoft (MSFT) is finally getting serious about connecting its Windows product to other software using the internet. Google (GOOG) has been doing this with its spreadsheet and document products for some time.…
According to GigaOm, the Google (GOOG) mobile phone is getting closer. The phone will run mobile Linux and can run Java virtual machines. It will run video clips. The Google phone also…
Douglas A. McIntyre From Silicon Alley Insider Google just made life more difficult for many online publishers: The search giant has struck a deal with the AP and three other newswires to host their stories…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Justice Department seems satisfied that Microsoft (NASD:MSFT) is abiding by its 2002 deal not to act like a huge monopoly laying siege to all of its smaller competitors. Several state attorneys…
Yahoo! (YHOO) has announced that its head of sales is out. That part of the company will be combined with a business development unit and run by a new chief. It does…
Google (GOOG) Finance launched to a fair amount of fanfare in March 2006. The market assumed that Google’s lead in search could fuel a large audience for the new product. At the…
According to Reuters, Isuzu and GM (GM) will increase their cooperation in South America to improve their share in the truck market. Reuters writes that Knight Capital (NITE) may have to refund…
When MySpace "founder" Brad Greenspan tried to buy Dow Jones (DJ) he suggested that the company could start a competitor to Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance. In his letter to the DJ board, he…
Google (GOOG) has signed an exclusive deal with Time Warner’s (TWX) CNN to use the search engine’s AdSense advertising program for text-based ads. According to GOOG: "Through this collaboration, the AdSense service…
YouTube has come out with its own system to put video advertising onto its site. And, Google (GOOG) is hoping its works. After paying $1.6 billion plus for the world’s largest video…
Douglas A. McIntyre The FT believes that search engines and web portals will be hurt by the fall-out from the mortgage and credit card industries. Companies like Countrywide (CFC) and Bank One are big advertisers…
According to Reuters, US Steel (X) will buy Canadian steel company Stelco for $1.1 billion. Reuters writes that Singapore’s state-owned Temasek Holdings has approached Nasdaq (NDAQ) about buying its stake in the…
The CEO of CountryWide Financial (CFC), Angelo Mozilo, could not just take the $2 billion his company got from Bank of America (BAC) and have a nice day. He had to mention…
