Google settles pharmacy ad probe for $500 million
Thursday, August 25, 2011
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Google Inc. has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a U.S. government investigation into the Internet search leader's distribution of online ads from Canadian pharmacies illegally selling prescription drugs to American consumers.
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