By Jeff Smith Microsoft and Google executives sparred in public Monday over the proposed online advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo. "Basically, it's a price fix," said Greg Sivinski, a Microsoft senior antitrust attorney.

By Miguel Helft Google is giving everyone a chance to peek deeper into its database of search requests and discover the things that preoccupy individuals and, in aggregate, entire cities, regions or nations, at any one time.

WASHINGTON - Internet commerce continues its robust growth, defying a sluggish economy that's teetering on recession, Google's chief economist and several analysts say.

By Frank Davies, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Apr. 25--WASHINGTON -- Internet commerce continues its robust growth, defying a sluggish economy that's teetering on recession, Google's chief economist and several analysts said Friday.

Google Inc. is confident that its $3.1 billion bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick will win over European and U.S. regulators, a company executive said Friday - even as advertisers expressed concerns the deal will shrink competition. Rivals Microsoft Corp.