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		<title>Obama Administration Eyes Google Warily</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a previous battle with the DOJ regarding a merger with Yahoo!, Google is now a target of more strict antitrust enforcement from the Obama administration due to its dominance among competition on the web. After few antitrust lawsuits arose under President Bush, authorities are now taking a stance similar to that of the European [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a previous battle with the DOJ regarding a merger with Yahoo!, Google is now a target of more strict antitrust enforcement from the Obama administration due to its dominance among competition on the web. After few antitrust lawsuits arose under President Bush, authorities are now taking a stance <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/11/news/economy/antitrust/?postversion=2009051112">similar to that of the European Union</a>. While Google is receiving a considerable amount of scrutiny from the government, the likelihood of an antitrust case arising is slim.</p>
<p>Google has already been a victim of <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=103009GSSLYO&amp;page=2&amp;full_skip=1">private suits by small companies</a>; as long as its competitive nature stays intact, Google will remain a consistent target of such allegations. Blair Levin, a former FCC official, stated that there is nothing wrong with <a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200905190815DOWJONESDJONLINE000292_FORTUNE5.htm">becoming the powerful force in a market</a>. &#8220;The question is: Once you&#8217;ve attained [dominance], what are the rules of the road?&#8221; Levin said.В В </p>
<p>Authorities will continue to monitor Google in order to ensure that it does not use its search engine notoriety as an advantage in new ventures. It is moving into the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/technology/companies/18antitrust.html?_r=3&amp;ref=technology">social networking realm with Google Profiles</a>, something that could give competition to websites such as Facebook and Twitter. User profiles would appear as search results, which could give Google Profiles an advantage.</p>
<p>Google accounts for 64% of the market in America, and while it may be a big force in online business, there are currently no grounds for an antitrust case. &#8220;You have to be big, and you have to be bad,&#8221; said Andrew Gavil, a legal professor at Howard University. Although no antitrust lawsuit is imminent, government authorities will continue to monitor Google.</p>
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