EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia didn't offer a detailed account of what sort of concessions Google has agreed to. Google has submitted proposals to address European Union (EU) concerns that the company, which owns a dominating 90...
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.
The EU Competition Commissioner last week said that he wants to resolve the antitrust probe, which began in November 2010, over claims that Google discriminates against rival businesses, rather than pursue an enforcement action.
We are hopeful that Google will be a willing partner with the EU's Competition Commissioner. Competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia said that its initial investigations had identified four areas of concerns over Google's businesses practices:
The EU is taking anti-competitive allegations regarding the search industry with great attention but Google said it is "confident" is has a "good case" after EU competition commissioner Joaquim Almunia stated that he is "looking at the allegations...
