ReachLocal roll out a new offering that will not only allow act as a vetting service and comparative search engine for consumers to find plumbers, locksmiths and repair personnel (those indispensable heroes of modern life), but a means to control and pay for the entire transaction.

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The Department of Justice said the allowances given by Google would ensure robust competition between other providers of comparative flight search sites.

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