Google Looks Forward to an Early Christmas Present From Washington: An Okay for Admeld

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Google’s deal to buy ad tech start-up Admeld, announced in June, looks like it is finally ready to close. Industry sources expect the Department of Justice, who had been reviewing the $400 million transaction for antitrust violations, to approve the deal in the next couple weeks, perhaps as early as this week. It’s unclear whether the DOJ will impose any restrictions on the deal. But Web ad players, reading tea leaves and DOJ body language, are betting the sale goes through unhindered.


Google Looks Forward to an Early Christmas Present From Washington: An Okay for Admeld