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The US Justice Department began probe against possible collusion in hiring by Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Yahoo Inc and several other companies.
The investigation were said to include a dozen technology companies, according to the people said to be in know of the things. The Justice Department faces the difficult task of proving that there is an explicit agreement between the companies that they wouldn't hire employees from their rivals, said David Balto, a former antitrust attorney with the Federal Trade Commission.
The investigation added to the scrutiny of technology companies under President Barack Obama's administration. Technology companies are often said to be trading workers as they seek to lure the best talent, and sometimes end up in conflict. In 2005, Microsoft sued Google, after the company lured away one of its officials to run a development center in China.
In January, Apple and International Business Machines Corp resolved a three-month legal battle over the hiring of IBM executive Mark Papermaster as Apple's engineering chief.
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