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Joaquin Almunia 
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EU Says It Will Market-Test Google’s Antitrust Proposal
Google has submitted a set of formal commitments in response to antitrust concerns about its search business, said European Commission competition head Joaquin Almunia. The next step is for the EU to “market-test” the proposal with the goal of setting legally binding commitments, reports Bloomberg. Both of those steps would be beyond what the U.S. FTC did, but it’s the substance that matters.
EU May Fine Microsoft Over Browser Ballot Bungle
Sorry is never enough.
European Decision on Google Antitrust Pushed to the End of Summer (Or Later)
Thought that whole Google antitrust brouhaha was over? It’s really not.
Just Under Deadline, Google Responds to European Antitrust Concerns
The big question is whether the EC extracts more concessions from Google than the U.S. — so, here’s some detail on that.
EU Still Wants to Challenge Google “Diverting Traffic” to Its Own Services
Google is abusing its dominance of the search market, according to European Commission competition official Joaquin Almunia.
FTC Chairman Pushing for a Google Antitrust Decision This Week
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz is behind a charge to settle the Google antitrust investigation before the end of the week.
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EU Readies Samsung Competition Complaint
European Union regulators plan to issue a formal complaint against Samsung Electronics Co. within weeks in its antitrust probe over patents, EU’s competition chief Joaquín Almunia said Thursday.Looks Like Google Might Not Be Getting That Sweetheart Deal From the FTC
After it looked like the FTC was going to go easy on Google, the agency appears to be rethinking its options.
European Antitrust Case Against Google Moves Toward Settlement
Google seems to have stared down antitrust concerns both at home and abroad.
Here’s the Strict New Timetable for the EU’s Investigation of Google: “One Day, I Don’t Know When”
On both sides of the Atlantic, the government agencies that have conducted antitrust examinations of Google over the past two years seem to have trouble keeping their own timetables.