While lawyers told the newspaper that the U.S.antitrust regulator is unlikely to throw out the deal, as it's unlikely to conclude that Google's Waze buyout will significant harm other mapping services such as Bing Maps and Tomtom, the Wall Street...
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is on the brink of launching a fresh antitrust probe into Google, over alleged misconduct over how it handles its display advertising business, Reuters reported. The FTC has mounted antitrust probes against Google in...
The concessions come following the European Commission's ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's search business. Google's antitrust case was instigated by competitors including Microsoft. UK price comparison firm Foundem has rejected Google...
The European Commission is now seeking feedback on Google's cosmetic search result changes that aim to settle a years-long antitrust investigation. Despite these proposed changes, the EU antitrust case isn’t over.
Google reportedly has reached a deal with European Union (EU) regulators regarding its so-called anticompetitive search practices. The European Commission (EC) has been investigating Google's alleged "anticompetitive" internet search service since...
Streetmaps' complaint was the second of the antitrust variety Google had to deal with last week. Google is the subject of yet another anti-competitiveness complaint, this one from Streetmap. Streetmap used to do a lot of business back in the 2000s.
The search giant hopes the concessions will put an end to the EU's two-year long antitrust probe. The antitrust case goes back to late 2010. Federal Trade Commission closed its 19-month search antitrust probe earlier this year after deciding that...
The attack ads coincide with another European antitrust complaint orchestrated by Microsoft relating to Google's Android software. Fairsearch Europe, which describes itself as "organization united to promote economic growth, innovation and choice...
Microsoft blamed this on a technical error, but its excuse wasn't enough to avoid a steep fine and the honor of becoming the first company to fail to comply with an EC antitrust agreement. The European Commission (EC) hit Microsoft with a €561...
While Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, may well be open to such a deal, some have speculated that might lead to antitrust concerns. Market participants welcomed the news, confirmed by Yahoo today, that it has signed a global...
Google has submitted a response to the European Commission (EC) over its anti-competitive business concerns, Reuters reported. Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia confirmed that Google submitted the documents Thursday evening, just in time for...
With all the antitrust issues surrounding them lately, the last thing Google needs is another group upset by their business practices. But, after pictures taken by a Google Street View car in Botswana surfaced on the Internet, people were suddenly...
Although Google escaped relatively unscathed from a U.S.antitrust investigation into its business practices by the FTC, Europe may bring a less favorable result for the dominant search engine, based on comments by the EU competition commissioner.
In late November, we reported that the FTC was considering dropping the antitrust case because it couldn’t find evidence of consumer harm. Today the U.S. Federal Trade Commission closed the books on its 19-month investigation into Google’s business...
The search giant spent its funds lobbying the U.S.government on patent, antitrust, and telecommunications issues. According to the CRP's statistics, Google also spent lobbying dollars on copyright issues and antitrust concerns.
Google maintains that it hasn't broken any antitrust laws and is trying to make sure that any agreement with the FTC won't involve a consent decree. If Google can't allay antitrust concerns, the FTC can file a lawsuit and head to court for several...
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials are reportedly thinking of dropping their antitrust case against Google, Bloomberg reports. The FTC reportedly plans to drop the case because it doesn't have the evidence needed to prove that the way Google...
Should the FTC undertake such a review, in addition to signifying the understanding that recent extreme antitrust claims against Google search practices lack merit, it would also be taken to mean that the FTC perceives the benefits of taking a...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is aiming to resolve its anti-trust investigation into Google's search practices by the end of the year. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said at a briefing Wednesday that the organization was working to have an...
By September 2011, Yelp was testifying against Googlein the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Google acquired Frommer’s brand of travel guides from Wiley s standards, it is another big indicator Google plans...
