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Before the Bell: Stocks poised to rally on $125 billion bank investment plan
BloggingStocks — ... markets and falling stock prices, according to Bloomberg. Morgan Stanley is "in a much stronger position" because of the $9 billion investment its received from Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Chief Executive John Mack told The Wall Street Journal. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) are in talks with the Justice Department to avoid an antitrust lawsuit on their advertising deal, the Journal said Media mogul Sumner Redstone has been forced to sell off large chunks ...

Google (GOOG) and Yahoo! (YHOO) try to dodge Justice Department
BloggingStocks — ... But, almost every large advertiser in the US and Google's competitors want to block the partnership. They don't want Google to have broad pricing power over search. It has about 65% of the market and Yahoo! has another 20%. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Advertisers have told Justice Department officials that the partnership will limit competition, raise prices and reduce choices." ...

Yahoo / Google Deal: Will a Volume Cap Make It Work?
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — ... The WSJ is reporting that Google and Yahoo are negotiating with the Justice Department to remove their objections to the ...

Before the Bell: Stocks poised to rally on $125 billion bank investment plan
BloggingStocks — ... markets and falling stock prices, according to Bloomberg. Morgan Stanley is "in a much stronger position" because of the $9 billion investment its received from Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Chief Executive John Mack told The Wall Street Journal. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) are in talks with the Justice Department to avoid an antitrust lawsuit on their advertising deal, the Journal said Media mogul Sumner Redstone has been forced to sell off large chunks ...

Stocks Soar on Bank Plan
SmartMoney.com — ... ) are negotiating with Justice Department officials to avoid an antitrust hurdle to an advertising partnership between the two Internet giants, The Wall Street Journal reported . Under the proposed deal, Yahoo would display ads sold by Google. Some advertisers argue the collaboration would effectively raise prices on ads by reducing options.

Google (GOOG) and Yahoo! (YHOO) try to dodge Justice Department
BloggingStocks — ... But, almost every large advertiser in the US and Google's competitors want to block the partnership. They don't want Google to have broad pricing power over search. It has about 65% of the market and Yahoo! has another 20%. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Advertisers have told Justice Department officials that the partnership will limit competition, raise prices and reduce choices." ...

Google Yahoo Deal Update
TRUTH ON THE MARKET — The Wall Street Journal offers an update on the settlement talks with DOJ over the Google-Yahoo deal, which includes some interesting details about possible concessions to get the deal through: In the settlement talks with the government, both companies have discussed concessions. These include capping the volume of Google ads Yahoo would use, assurances that Yahoo would continue to compete in search ads, and a reporting mechanism to ensure compliance, people close to the talks said. U.S. officials hope to impose measures that will ensure that prices advertisers must pay ...