Over the Memorial Day weekend, the two wayward humpback whales that spent the last two weeks in the Sacramento River Delta made progress toward the Pacific Ocean. The whales, a mother and her calf, traveled approximately 25 miles from Rio Vista to Benicia, according to the U.S. Coast Guard’s latest report.”We are very encouraged by the progress the whales have made in the last 24 hours, but they aren’t home yet,” Rod McInnis, southwest regional administrator for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, Fisheries Service, said in a statement. “They still have a third of their journey to go.”
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May 29th, 2007
The Federal Trade Commission has launched a preliminary antitrust probe into Google’s proposed $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick. The news comes as no surprise to tech industry observers, who expected an investigation into the search giant’s April bid to buy the ad management company.DoubleClick offers a range of digital-advertising solutions, including display advertising, optimization services, and affiliate marketing. The acquisition would give Google an even wider scope of influence in the online advertising world. It also would make Google a more formidable competitor to Yahoo and Microsoft 
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The FTC has issued what’s called a “second request” for information, indicating that the agency saw something in the initial filing that warranted further scrutiny. In a published statement on Monday, Google Senior Corporate Counsel Don Harrison said the acquisition does not pose a risk to competition and should be approved.
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May 29th, 2007
