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Volvo Makes a Provision of $497m to Pay Any Possible Fine to Be Imposed by The European
Nov 27, 2014Volvo is making a provision of €400m ($497m) to pay any possible fine to be imposed by the European Commission as a result of its ongoing investigation into the company’s violation of antitrust rules. The provision will ...
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EU Investigators Raided The Offices of The Bloc's Biggest Telecommunications Providers
Jul 15, 2013European Union investigators have raided the offices of three of the bloc's biggest telecommunications providers as part of an antitrust probe examining if they're limiting their customers' access to third-party applications including ...
Tags: Mobile Operators, Antitrust Probe
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EC Could Hit Google with a Significant Fine for Its Attempts to Enforce an Injunction
May 9, 2013The European Commission (EC) could hit Google with a significant fine for its attempts to enforce an injunction to stop Apple selling its iPhones in Germany. The Commission made the antitrust finding against Motorola Mobility, which ...
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15 Million Windows Users in EU Therefore Did Not See The Choice Screen During This Period
Mar 6, 2013The 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 ...
Tags: Browser, Fines Microsoft, Windows 7
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Intel Appealed The Judges European Union General Court to Reverse a $1.33bn Antitrust Fine
Dec 11, 2012Intel says the Commission did not have sufficient evidence of any wrongdoing by the company and the case turns on what customers' subjective understanding is. Intel has appealed the judges European Union General Court in Luxembourg to ...
Tags: Intel, sufficient evidence, EU
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Brussels Announced Packaging Cartel Investigation
Oct 2, 2012The companies make and distribute polystyrene(PS)foam trays and polypropylene(PP)rigid trays.These products are widely used for packaging food–such as fish,meat or cheese–in the retail sector. The EC said that these firms ...
Tags: EC, PS foam trays, PP rigid trays, EU antitrust rules
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Google Has Been Publicly Warned by EC Competition Comissioner Joaquin Almunia
Sep 21, 2012Google has been publicly warned by EC Competition Comissioner Joaquin Almunia that it must do more to answer claims from rivals that it is abusing its dominant position in the search market. Since 2010,the Competition Commission has been ...
Tags: Google, EU antitrust chief, search engine, Android operating system