Interesting... I wonder what special favors they're expecting in return?
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Google's 3Q lobbying costs eclipse $1 million
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer -
Wed Nov 4, 2009 12:12PM EST
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1
million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build
on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company spent nearly $1.1 million trying to
influence lawmakers and regulators in the third quarter, a 50 percent
increase from the July-September period last year, according to a recent
disclosure statement.
Through the first nine months of this year, Google's lobbying costs came to
$2.9 million, a 41 percent increase from the same time last year. That
contrasted with a 2 percent decline in Google's companywide expenses during
the same period.
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