The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that it has formally received a package of concessions from Google aimed at ending a two-year antitrust investigation. The Internet giant submitted detailed proposals at the end of January, ...
Tags: Google, Antitrust Remedies
Eleven complainants have sent an open letter to the European Union’s Competition Commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, urging him to formally charge Google with breaching competition law. “The Commission opened proceedings ...
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China's solar incentive reportedly may face a significant cut under new energy subsidy policies in order to encourage market mechanism in the industry. The subsidy for standalone solar PV systems for self-use has been generally expected ...
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The European Commission has imposed a €561 million fine on Microsoft for failing to comply with its commitments to offer users a browser choice screen enabling them to easily choose their preferred web browser. In 2009, the Commission ...
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Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced that its Steel Europe unit offices in Duisburg were searched by the Federal Cartel Office, Germany's antitrust regulator, on Thursday, February 28, within the scope of alleged ...
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The European Commission has received a proposal from Google to settle an antitrust investigation into the compny's search engine practices, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. At the same time, an industry organization said it has filed ...
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Despite saying in December that talks with Google could not go on forever, European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia seems resigned to keep waiting. Almunia laughed as he said at a Wednesday press briefing that "talks were ...
Tags: Google, European Union Competition, settlement agreement
GE Lighting is a division of General Electric headquartered in Nela Park, East Cleveland, Ohio, employing 17,000 people and tracing its origins to Thomas Edison's work on lighting. In 1911 GE was found to have acquired three quarters of ...
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IDG News Service-The U.S.Federal Trade Commission may be headed toward an"unwarranted"power grab in its antitrust investigation of Google,two lawmakers from Silicon Valley have said. Media reports have suggested the FTC may accuse Google ...
After a nearly two-year antitrust investigation,Google escaped with more of a slap on the wrist than a slap in the face,say industry analysts. While getting the anti-trust equivalent of a good talking-to,the Internet giant is easily ...
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Google and the European Commission could hammer out a search antitrust settlement within months, with both sides now working on the details of an agreement, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Wednesday. Almunia, during a ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft last week began providing European consumers a "browser ballot screen" for Windows 8, a move that may be just the first of several steps the company will take to head off a new antitrust investigation. According ...
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Google and the European Commission appear close to a settlement that would end the ommission's investigation of the Internet giant for potential violations of European antitrust regulations, according to a Commission spokesman. "We have ...
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The European Commission on Tuesday warned 13 optical disk drive suppliers that they may face a formal antitrust investigation for participating in a worldwide cartel. The companies are alleged to have been engaged in bid rigging for at ...
Apple and four major e-book publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for e-books for the next two years in a bid to end an antitrust investigation in the European Union. The European ...
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