The European Union gave Google a January deadline to devise detailed proposals to resolve a two-year antitrust investigation into whether Google used its market dominance to thwart rivals. The Union’s antitrust chief, Joaquin Almunia, issued the deadline Tuesday in Brussels to Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Should Google fail to address European complaints, which are anything but new, then Google would face a long battle with one of the world’s most powerful antitrust authorities.
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EU Sets January Deadline for Google's Antitrust Response
Posted by: David Vranicar December 19, 2012 11:26 AMThe European Union gave Google a January deadline to devise detailed proposals to resolve a two-year antitrust investigation into whether Google used its market dominance to thwart rivals. The Union’s antitrust chief, Joaquin Almunia, issued the deadline Tuesday in Brussels to Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Should Google fail to address European complaints, which are anything but new, then Google would face a long battle with one of the world’s most powerful antitrust authorities.