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Search monster settles with US Department of Justice for six years of Canadian pharmaceutical ads and imports

Google will pay $500m to settle a case brought by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) which alleges the company profited from Canadian pharmacies that used its AdWords system to punt prescription dr...

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