SIGNED OFF: EU and US regulators said they did not take into account the impact on privacy of the acquisition because they are legally required to focus on competition
Google expanded its power in online advertising on Tuesday when it completed its takeover of DoubleClick, a move which increases the pressure on rival Microsoft to win its hostile bid for Yahoo.

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The EU's competition watchdog on Tuesday approved 99 million euros (US$152 million) of French state aid for a consortium to build a European rival to US Internet search giant Google.

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DUMPLING SCARE: The Daiei supermarket chain said its sales of frozen food were down 30 percent a week after the news of the poisoned dumplings broke
China has one of the world's oldest culinary traditions, but the popularity of its food is slumping miserably in Japan's lucrative market after a scare over poisoned dumplings.

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Thousands of Indian airport maintenance employees failed to show up at work yesterday to protest against the opening of two private airports, but the move put only a slight dent in operations.

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LIGHT MY FIRE: Apple Inc has shipped about 425,000 Nanos of the same model that shot out sparks in Japan and it was unknown how many have been sold
Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc's iPod Nano after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging, a government official said yesterday.

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