The U.S. Department of Justice said yesterday that it has proposed a settlement in the case of Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) $700 million bid to acquire ITA Software, a Cambridge, Mass.-based airfare ...

Despite being met with significant opposition in the travel search industry from companies that claimed buying ITA would give Google unfair power, the $700 million acquisition has cleared. Caroline ...

It hasn't received a ton of press, but last week, American (AMR) announced that it would be partnering with ITA Software to power the flight availability and pricing functions for its new reservation ...

Google has reached an agreement to buy ITA Software, a maker of air-travel flight-information software whose customers include major airlines and online travel agencies. Google will pay US$700 million ...

Google's proposed acquisition of software firm ITA has some online players so alarmed that even competitors have formed an alliance to campaign against it. Yet the deal appears unlikely to have much ...

The Justice Department’s approval Friday of Google’s (GOOG) $700 million purchase of ITA Software sets the stage for the Mountain View Internet giant to emerge as a major new player in the air travel ...

Kayak is a travel search company that offers travel suppliers and OTAs such as Expedia and Priceline an efficient channel to sell their products and services to potential customers. Kayak provides ...

Google’s $700 million purchase of travel-information company ITA Software was cleared by a federal judge after the search-engine company agreed to conditions imposed by the U.S. government. U.S.

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Wilkins clears the acquisition, saying that the deal has safeguards in place to protect third parties. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has ...

Google (GOOG) has finally received Justice Department approval for its long-pending deal to acquire flight information tracker ITA Software. The company last summer agreed to buy ITA for $700 million ...

The Department of Justice ruled Friday that Google can move forward with its proposed $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, but only on condition that Google develop and license travel software.

The Justice Department has approved Google's purchase of the travel software firm ITA — with some major conditions attached. ITA provides the raw data for most of the popular online travel sites. Many ...