FTC may delay Google anti-trust probe decision

[twins.fan]

12/19/2012 05:33:30 AM PST

San Jose Mercury News

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission, which had been expected to wrap up an anti-trust probe into Google (GOOG) within days, will now delay its decision for weeks, a source said on Tuesday.

Google has been accused of giving competitors in lucrative areas like travel a lower ranking in search results, thus making it harder for their customers to find them. Google has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz had hoped to wrap up the long-running investigation this month.

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22222291/ftc-may-delay-google-anti-trust-probe-decision

Dotting the "i"s and crossing the "t"s?

If they don't go to court, Google is going to continue to test the limits until Google is taken to court.  Such is the ways of capitalism and antitrust regulations.

[walterbyrd]

If google is doing what it is accused of doing, then what is wrong with that?

Can CBS advertise it's own shows, ahead of competitiors?

For good, or bad, if the FTC handles this case as well as they did the MS monopoly case, from decades ago, I would not expect much.

If the government *really* wants to change the behavior of a corporation, the government should threaten a boycott. That would be far faster, and more effective.