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Yahoo CEO Visits Capitol Hill, Seeks Support for Google Ad Deal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 19, 2008 - 8:03am.

Washington - Trying to assuage antitrust concerns, Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang on Wednesday met with Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill to outline details of the company's recently signed ad pact with Google (NASD: GOOG), Dow Jones Newswires and other media outlets reported. Under the deal announced last week, Yahoo will run ads supplied by Google alongside its own search results, as well as on some of its web properties in the U.S. and Canada.

Lawmakers Ask Charter to Delay Plan to Monitor Web Surfing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 16, 2008 - 10:48am.

Washington - Following news this week that broadband ISP Charter Communications (NASD: CHTR) was planning to begin tracking its subscribers' Web surfing habits in order to serve them targeted ads, two prominent U.S. lawmakers have called on the company to delay the move, as it may violate federal privacy laws, CNET News.com reported.