Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia confirmed that Google submitted the documents Thursday evening, just in time for the deadline set by the EC. To be seen as a success, any settlement must include specific measures to restore competition and...
European Commission antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia said on Tuesday that EU regulators had reached "a good degree of understanding between Google and the Commission," according to the Wall Street Journal
We have shared hundreds of thousands of documents with the Texas attorney general, and we are happy to answer any questions that regulators have about our business," said a Google spokesperson. The Attorney General's Office is investigating whether...
But according to the FT, the major threat facing Facebook is not that the deal will be blocked by U.S.competition regulators, which is seen as unlikely, but that it will disrupt Facebook's mobile strategy.
European and U.S.regulators approved the $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola by Google, although warned the firms that they would be watching closely for any perceived abuse of FRAND patents. Heiner added that while competition officials had...
Before becoming finalized, the deal will still need to be cleared by regulators in Israel, Taiwan, and China. We have approved the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google because, upon careful examination, this transaction does not itself raise...
Google “Confident” About Motorola Deal Despite Antitrust Regulators Scrutiny They won an injunction temporarily preventing the DOI from awarding the contract to Microsoft after alleging the agency’s approach was “unduly restrictive of competition.
After long discussions with Hamburg privacy regulators regarding Google Analytics, Google has receive a go-ahead on their data tracking service. Joaquin Almunia, a European Competition Commissioner, told Reuters, "We are trying to determine whether...
The number of complainants started at three, but new businesses and regulators have since contributed, bringing the total to 10 as of Deal du Jour's official filing. Their complaint included the following request: "We ask the competition regulator...
That will be the focus of antitrust regulators as they formally investigate complaints of discrimination in Google's paid and organic search results. Your competition won't wait until January to figure out their 2011 strategies, and neither should...
Then, there's the potential impact of all the negative press on Google this quarter: for instance AdMob being blocked by Apple just as Google's buy of AdMob was cleared by regulators; its acknowledged failure in collecting payload data; the...
Regulators are primarily concerned about two areas: competition and advertising. Antitrust regulators in Washington have requested more information from Microsoft and Yahoo! They're worried that the deal won't be good for competition.
Antitrust regulators in the US have recognized that consumers can benefit form these arrangements, especially when one company has technical expertise that enables another company to improve the quality of its products
We have been in contact with regulators about this arrangement, and we expect to work closely with them to answer their questions about the transaction. We also think this is good for competition. The truth is, this kind of arrangement is...
Google May Have Pre-empted Regulators on Public Offerings. Google sizes up the competition. Warning: The links and descriptions below are from official press releases, and may contain marketing hyperbole, claims or euphemisms not necessarily...
