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Frances Robinson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 1, 2013 at 3:02 am PT
Google Inc. appeared to have made a significant step toward settling a long-running competition case with the European Union over its signature search engine after the EU’s competition chief said new Google concessions had moved it much closer to addressing key antitrust concerns.
Liz Gannes in News on July 17, 2013 at 9:18 am PT
Europe wants Eric Schmidt and company to do better.
News Byte
Liz Gannes in News on April 11, 2013 at 9:27 am PT
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.
Liz Gannes in News on February 22, 2013 at 10:06 am PT
Thought that whole Google antitrust brouhaha was over? It’s really not.
Liz Gannes in News on January 31, 2013 at 3:13 pm PT
The big question is whether the EC extracts more concessions from Google than the U.S. — so, here’s some detail on that.
Liz Gannes in News on January 10, 2013 at 10:50 am PT
Google is abusing its dominance of the search market, according to European Commission competition official Joaquin Almunia.
Liz Gannes in News on January 2, 2013 at 12:48 pm PT
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz is behind a charge to settle the Google antitrust investigation before the end of the week.