The Federal Trade Commission did, however, win promises from Google that it would end the practice of 'scraping' content. ...
06:57 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Washington: Two lawmakers urged the Federal Trade Commission on Monday to steer clear of expanding its authority as it investigates allegations search engine company Google violated antitrust law. The two California Democrats in the House of Representatives, who count Google as a major campaign contributor, asked the FTC not to accuse the company of "unfair" acts if it believes it broke antitrust law. Anna Eshoo, on the Energy and Commerce...
11:41 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: India's antitrust regulator has launched a probe against Google Inc over alleged anti-competitive practices by the US Internet search giant, following a complaint by a consumer advocacy group, a federal minister said on Monday. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has received information about contravention of an Indian competition rule by Google, R.P.N. Singh, minister of state for corporate affairs, told lawmakers in a written reply to a...
10:42 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New York: Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel Corp and four other technology companies were ordered by a judge to face an antitrust lawsuit claiming they illegally conspired not to poach each other's employees. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, rejected the companies' bid to dismiss claims brought under the federal Sherman antitrust law and California's own antitrust law, the Cartwright Act. In a decision on Wednesday night, Koh...
12:50 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Brussels: EU regulators are still undecided whether Google dominates in Internet search and if it has abused rivals in breach of competition rules, the EU's antitrust chief said on Friday. The European Commission opened an investigation into Google in November last year after rivals, including Microsoft, accused the company of abusing its dominant position in the market for web search services. "As part of our current investigation, we are trying...
01:39 PM, Sep 17, 2011
Toronto: Will rival research engines do to Google what Facebook did to MySpace? That's possible after US antitrust regulators last month started investigations against the search engine for abusing its dominant market position, say experts. The US action is the second antitrust investigation against the search engine after the EU launched first such action against Google last year. "Google's position is more precarious than it first appears. If consumers and...
12:10 PM, Jul 19, 2011
Intel says the decision was based on weak evidence that must be reviewed. ...
03:22 AM, May 14, 2009
