John Paczkowski in News on May 24 at 9:43 am PT
Is $1.14 billion an “unnecessary, unlawful and totally disproportionate” fine? Tune in next month.
John Paczkowski in News on March 14 at 9:57 am PT
Europe’s five biggest telecoms could face an investigation into possible collusion.
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John Paczkowski in News on January 19 at 10:01 am PT
European Union regulators will soon decide whether or not to clear Google’s proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. After suspending its review in early December to seek more information from the companies, the European Commission has begun mulling the deal anew, and set for itself a new deadline:
Feb. 13. The EC’s review of the acquisition is but one of a handful. Regulators in the U.S. and China are also assessing it.
John Paczkowski in News on February 26, 2010 at 4:00 pm PT
Microsoft may be quietly chuckling over the European Commission’s decision to look into antitrust complaints against Google, but it’s not going to take credit for it. In a post to the company Web site, Dave Heiner, Microsoft vice president and deputy general counsel, took issue with Google’s suggestion last week that two companies with ties to Microsoft are driving this thing.
John Paczkowski in News on February 24, 2010 at 12:01 am PT
And there it is, Google’s European antitrust review. The European Commission has opened an investigation into Google’s dominance of the search and search advertising markets in Europe at the behest of three complainants: French legal search engine ejustice.fr, U.K. price-comparison venture Foundem, and Ciao!, a product review and price-comparison site.
John Paczkowski in News on January 21, 2010 at 4:10 am PT
The European Commission this morning unconditionally approved Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems, removing one of the last hurdles to the $7.4 billion deal. Digital Daily reported Monday that people close to the companies expected the EC to clear the deal by today.
John Paczkowski in News on January 18, 2010 at 1:30 pm PT
The European Commission’s approval of Oracle’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun is imminent. Though EU regulators have until late January to make their decision, sources close to both companies tell me they expect approval this week, perhaps even as early as Wednesday or Thursday.
John Paczkowski in News on December 14, 2009 at 9:00 am PT
Looks like Oracle has managed to ease European regulators’ antitrust concerns over its $7 billion acquisition of Sun–perhaps even enough for them to approve the thing. This morning, Oracle and the European Commission both said they have had “constructive discussions” about the company’s plans for Sun and, more specifically, its open-source MySQL database software.
