Tag: Google
EU: Google to appeal record fine over Android OS
Google is readying an appeal of the European Union’s record €4.34 billion (US$5 billion) fine, which it was slapped with in July over its Android mobile...
US: DOJ considering investigation into Google’s Android OS
Makan Delrahim, President Trump’s antitrust chief at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), told congressmen this week that Google could very well find itself...
EU: Vestager: Google is progressing in shopping comparison case
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s antitrust chief, said that Google is showing progress in addressing its competition concerns, suggesting that the company may be...
EU: EC receive second Google report on shopping case
On Monday, October 1, EU antitrust regulators received a second report from Google, detailing the effects of its proposal to allow more price comparison...
US: Google’s meetings last week lead to House testimony
Google CEO Sundar Pichai met on Friday, September 28, with White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said, and the...
US/EU: Vestager talks about big tech and Amazon
On Wednesday, September 26, EC Commissioner Margrethe Vestager sat down at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York and discussed in an interview...
US: Google CEO will meet GOP this week
On Friday, September 28, Google CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to privately meet with some of the top Republican lawmakers in Washington, DC.
Later this...
US: White House considers ordering Google & Facebook probes
Without naming specific companies, a draft copy of an executive order, obtained by Bloomberg, instructs US antitrust authorities to "thoroughly investigate whether any online...
Turkey: Investigation ends in fine for Google
Rekabet Kurumu, the Turkish competition authority, has slapped a US$15 million fine on Google for violating local competition laws, the regulator announced on its...
US: Senate Commerce Committee wants a word with Google, Amazon, Twitter
AT&T, Twitter, Alphabet’s Google and three other major web and internet service companies plan to testify before a US Senate panel later in September...
