Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) will lay off about 300 employees from its recently acquired online ad firm DoubleClick, or about a quarter of the company's U.S. staff, The New York Times reported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the plan.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on Tuesday that it has received approval from the European Commission for its $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising giant DoubleClick, and completed the transaction. "With DoubleClick, Google now has the leading display ad platform, which will enable us to rapidly bring to market advances in technology and infrastructure that will dramatically improve the effectiveness, measurability and performance of digital media for publishers, advertisers and agencies, while improving the relevance of advertising for users," said Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt.

Washington - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday cleared Google's (NASD: GOOG) $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising firm DoubleClick, which now only needs approval from the European Commission, which is still examining the transaction. The 4-1 vote closed the FTC's eight-month investigation into the deal, which it said "is unlikely to substantially lessen competition."

Mountain View, Calif. - Seven months after Google (NASD: GOOG) announced that it would pay $3.1 billion to acquire New York-based Internet ad firm DoubleClick, the company on Tuesday learned that it will have to wait a bit longer to close the deal.

Cambridge, Mass. - Maven Networks, the provider of an Internet TV platform, announced on Monday that it has partnered with companies including Microsoft, DoubleClick, 24/7 Real Media, Ogilvy, Digitas, Scripps Network and Fox News Digital to form the Internet TV Advertising Forum, a trade group that will work to "define next-generation video advertising standards."

New York - Digital marketing technology and services firm DoubleClick on Tuesday introduced a new online ad format, the "Teaser," that features short flashes of video. Universal Pictures is the first to utilize the format, in connection with advertising for its upcoming film, "The Bourne Ultimatum." When the Flash video ad is rolled over, three links appear that drive users to the film's trailer, an online game, and Internet ticket sales.

San Francisco - Subcommittees in both the House and Senate are planning hearings into antitrust and privacy issues raised by Google's proposed $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

San Francisco - A number of public interest groups have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), over Google's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google announced on Friday that it will acquire Internet advertising company DoubleClick for $3.1 billion in cash. The deal, expected to close by the end of 2007, is the largest acquisition in the company's history, coming six months after Google paid $1.65 billion for YouTube.

New York - Digital advertising agency DoubleClick announced on Wednesday the launch of an online marketplace that will connect buyers and sellers of online advertising.

New York – Microsoft is considering a $2 billion price tag for online advertising firm DoubleClick, reports the Wall Street Journal.  The company, founded in 1996 and taken private in 2005 for $1.1 billion by San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, had approximately $150 million in revenue last year.

London - DoubleClick, a provider of digital advertising technology and services, announced that it has acquired Tangozebra, a London-based provider of online ad technology in Europe, for about $30 million.

New York - Online advertising technology and services firm DoubleClick on Tuesday announced the launch of its Live Streaming video advertising service, which allows advertisers to broadcast live events to users through rich media ads. New Line Cinema was the first to use the new technology, when it filmed movie patrons at a live event in Washington, and then edited and broadcast the clips live through ads for the film "The Number 23" on sites including AOL, Yahoo and MSN.