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The FTC is considering a broad antitrust investigation into the company's dominance in the Internet-search industry, Bloomberg reports.

The commission is awaiting the Justice Department's decision on whether it will challenge Google's planned M&A of ITA Software Inc.

Google (GOOG) is down 2.2% to $574.58 on news the company could be a target of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission anti-trust probe.

Apple is trading at $348.60, down $2.36, or 0.67%.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) is up 2.43% to $176.86 in early trade on plans to launch of a cloud-based music service for consumers as it seeks to make its own digital-content store more competitive with Apple's (AAPL) iTunes.

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is already facing some backlash from the music industry over the company's "Cloud Drive" service, which could ignite a legal battle. Liz Young, a Spokesperson for the company stated that Sony Music was one co

Participating stores are indicated on RadioShack's Web site, confirming market rumor regarding the new merchandise.

RadioShack Corp. (RSH) is up 0.40% to $15.07 at last look, on news that it started selling Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad 2 tablet computer.

Meredith has partnered with The National Federation of the Blind to offer five of its publications to subscribers of NFB-Newsline, the free service that provides independent access by print-disabled people to hundreds of local and

After endless delays, months of previews and a variety of injuries to multiple actors, Spiderman: Turn off the Dark will have a new director spinning it's web. Director Julie Taymor is leaving the star-crossed $65 million musical.

This is what's in the news for Tuesday, March 1st, 2011. the New York Post reports that Morgan Stanley (MS) is said to be looking to complete the spin-off of FrontPoint Partners as early as today, even as the fund is being hur

The company expects that the acquisition of TechFront will deepen its presence in Latin America's burgeoning social gaming market.

Quepasa (QPSA) announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire XtFt Games, the owner of substantially all the assets of TechFront Desenvolvimento de Software, a social game development studio based in Curitiba, Br

The price has reportedly been set at less than the $19.99 price customers pay for a subscription on Amazon.com (AMZN).

NYT shares are up 5.95%, or $0.59, to $10.69.

The New York Times Co. (NYT) is higher in afternoon trading as Bloomberg reports that the newspaper chain will charge readers under $20 a month for full Web access to the Times.

For Q1, the company said it expects EPS of 44-46 cents (vs. estimates of 45 cents) and sees sales of $2.4-$2.5 billion (vs. $2.43 billion estimate. For 2011, eBay said it sees EPS of $1.90-$1.95 (vs. $1.85 estimate) on sales of $1

Online auction house eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) reported Q4 EPS of 52 cents, topping consensus estimates of 47 cents. Revenue in the quarter rose to $2.495 billion, inline with analyst estimates.