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Can anyone explain why the US DoJ announced that they were OK with it less than four hours after the European Commission? They haven't come out and given it as
by corin_ 15y ago
Can anyone explain why the US DoJ announced that they were OK with it less than four hours after the European Commission?
They haven't come out and given it as a joint decision, but it seems too close to be a coincidence - had they just co-ordinated PR releases, or was one of them pushed into a decision by the other, or...?
- lambda 15y agoThe DoJ announcement does say "During the course of its investigation of the Google/Motorola Mobility transaction, the Department of Justice cooperated closely with the European Commission." So yes, it does sound like the Google/Motorola portion of the decision was coordinated. The DoJ was probably waiting for the EC announcement before releasing theirs, or maybe they just agreed to release them the same day and the DoJ one was released a few hours later due to the timezone difference.
- cube13 15y agoIt's time zone differences. The 4 hour lag is the difference between Eastern US time during Daylight Saving Time and GMT. The EC announcement, assuming that the Google blog is on Pacific time, would be around 5-6 PM GMT. That's after normal trading hours ends, which makes sense for announcements like this. The DoJ announcement was at 5PM ET as well.
- megablast 15y agoI think he was suggesting the coincidence of two independent investigations finishing at almost exactly the same time.