Eu Antitrust

EU to Google's rivals: Is the internet giant unfairly demoting your local search?

Google has been fined a total 6.76 billion euros ($7.7 billion) in the last 17 months.

Daimer, BMW offer concessions to address EU antitrust concerns on car-sharing deal

Daimler and BMW want to combine their car-sharing units Car2Go and DriveNow .

Google has proposed a solution in response to European Union’s antitrust crackdown

Google said it will still present users with photos and prices when they search for products online and offer a purchase link directly.

Google offers to display rival shopping comparison sites via an auction

Under the previous proposal under the EU antitrust investigation, Google had reserved the first two places for its own ads.

EU hits Google with record $2.7 bn antitrust fine, says co denied others chance to compete, innovate

The European Commission said the world's most popular internet search engine has 90 days to stop favoring its own shopping service or face a further penalty of up to 5 percent of Alphabet's average daily global turnover.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to meet EU Competition Commissioner for antitrust talks

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai will meet with the European Union's competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager in Brussels in the coming week, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday.

Google accused of exploiting dominant position in search results by Yelp and TripAdvisor

Two prominent internet companies Yelp and TripAdvisor have found that Google search results on a smartphone for these businesses had started getting buried beneath Google’s own businesses.

Google says an EU antitrust fine would be 'inappropriate'

Google has hit back at EU antitrust regulators' warning of a possible hefty fine, saying this would be inappropriate because of the unusual nature of the case and its willingness to settle the case with concessions last year.

EU antitrust case against Google based on 19 complainants: Report

The European Union's decision to take on Google last week stems from offical complaints by 19 companies in Europe and the United States, including Microsoft and a number of small firms, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Google's Schmidt to meet EU antitrust chief next week: Report

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt will meet Europe's antitrust chief next week, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, a move likely to help regulators decide the next step in a four year-old investigation into the Internet company.