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The U.S. Division of Justice is expanding its review with the pending Microsoft-Yahoo lookup partnership the pair unveiled this summer time.The DOJ has requested extra information and facts from each companies,Office 2010 Code/, based on various reports. Microsoft isn;t commenting about the specifics of what the DOJ is requesting. But a Bloomberg tale, citing “a person familiar with all the matter,Office 2010 Home And Stude/nt,” said the pair are likely to be asked about their search-engine investments,Office 2010 Code/, ad pricing and product plans.(I;ve asked Microsoft officials whether there are any much more specifics around the DOJ investigation to share but have yet to hear back.)Microsoft and Yahoo agreed to a complex partnership in July, via which Microsoft would provide substantially (but not all) with the lookup technology to Yahoo for use within its various online properties and Yahoo would sell the Microsoft-Yahoo search and advertising platform to advertisers. The goal with the proposed partnership is to create a more formidable No. 2 player in the lookup market by combining the development and sales forces with the current No. 2 (Yahoo) and distant No. 3 (Microsoft).In July,Windows 7 Enterprise, according to comScore,Microsoft Office Pro Plus, Bing had 8.9 percent share with the U.S. search market and Yahoo had 19.3 percent. Google had 64.7 percent.Microsoft is expected to be launching an update to its Bing search engine, known tentatively as “Bing 2.0″ before the end of this month — and possibly as early as next week