September 9, 2010

U.S. Department of Justice probes Google’s ITA Acquisition

New York: Google’s takeover of airline ticketing software firm ITA Software has come under the scanner and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking into matter to determine whether the deal would exert too much influence on the online travel industry,

Here’s How To Tell If Google Is REALLY Screwing Everybody With Its ITA…

A handful of companies in the online travel industry, including Microsoft, Kayak, and Expedia, are arguing that Google’s pending $700 million acquisition of ITA should be blocked on antitrust grounds, The Wall Street Journal reports. The most interesting

Here’s How To Tell If Google Is REALLY Screwing Everybody With Its ITA Deal (GOOG, MSFT)

A handful of companies in the online travel industry, including Microsoft , Kayak , and Expedia, are arguing that Google ‘s pending $700 million acquisition of ITA should be blocked on antitrust grounds, The Wall Street Journal reports .

Justice department probes Google’s ITA Software deal: report

(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice department is looking into Google Inc’s takeover of airline ticketing software firm ITA Software Inc, to determine whether the deal would exert too much influence on the online travel industry, the Wall Street

Google gaining ground in travel search

According to Hitwise data, Google proved to be the greatest source of traffic for the U.S. travel industry with 30.41% of travel searches in July, a 6% gain over last year.

Google faces antitrust hurdles with $700 million ITA Software deal

Google Inc. (NASDAQ.GOOG) may run into antitrust hurdles with Thursday’s $700 million acquisition of flight data provider ITA Software, travel industry players and legal experts claim.