The new-look European Commission was unveiled on Wednesday. They still need final approval, but you should probably get used to hearing about Andrus Ansip, Günther Oettinger, Margrethe Vestager and Věra Jourová… Read more »
The publishers have big issues not only with Google’s proposals for giving greater prominence to results from rival portals — a space in which many of them play these days –… Read more »
When Yelp(s yelp) and the European Consumer Organisation joined the 4-year-old EU antitrust case against Google(s goog), it became pretty clear that competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia would not get his wish… Read more »
Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia was already facing resistance in his quest to wrap up the long-running Google antitrust case, but Yelp’s new front-and-center involvement will almost certainly see the case continue. Read more »
The European Commission’s record-breaking fine for Intel’s illegal anti-AMD kickbacks was justified and proportionate, a top court has ruled. Read more »
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), a powerful lobby group that already had observer status in Google’s antitrust case, has applied to become a full-blown complainant, putting paid to any idea of… Read more »
It’s not just overbearing web giants and mighty broadband mergers that threaten to destroy competition — there’s also a case for seeing the surveillance state as a potential monopolistic blocker in… Read more »
The company has made public the full text of proposals it hopes will settle its European antitrust case — which, contrary to what many people seem to think, has not already… Read more »
The European Commission is happy with Google’s latest antitrust settlement proposals, but the Microsoft-funded complainants say they must be given a chance to market-test what Google is proposing. Read more »
Microsoft and other complainants in the Google EU antitrust case have commissioned an eye-tracking study to demonstrate the alleged ineffectiveness of Google’s proposed concessions. All this proves is that it’s time… Read more »