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Source: Reuters Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) because it would be "nonexclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking said on Friday. Yahoo is exploring alternatives to Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) $42.7 billion takeover offer, which the Web pioneer has rejected for being too low. The U.S. Justice Department is questioning the companies about potential competitive issues raised by a partnership, sources said this week, as Yahoo completed a two-week test of Google's system for selling ads alongside Yahoo's Web search results. RELATED ARTICLES Higher Antitrust Bar For Yahoo-Google U.S. Scrutiny For Yahoo, Google Search Test Last Call For Yahoo on Deal With Microsoft AOL, News Corp. Add New Twists to Yahoo's Saga Yahoo, Google Near Search Deal For more stories on this topic: Google believes such a partnership would not be anticompetitive because it would be an arrangement in which Yahoo would use Google's more profitable search advertising platform to make more money for itself, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. A deal would be no different from partnerships Google has with other Web companies including Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) AOL and IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI), the source said. By contrast, Google thinks a takeover by Microsoft of Yahoo would raise far more... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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