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Google to get the DoubleClick go-ahead?
$3bn deal could be a go…

By Elinor Mills

Published: Thursday 06 March 2008

European regulators are planning to grant approval for Google's proposed $3.1bn takeover of DoubleClick, possibly on 11 March, according to a Bloomberg report.

That would be approval without conditions, three sources familiar with the matter told the news service.

Google was given the go-ahead by the US Federal Trade Commission in December but has been waiting for the EU to act.