Tag: Antitrust

Report: FTC Gives Google A Few Days To Offer A Proposal
Last month, reports came out indicating that the FTC would reveal its for...
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What Personalization, Privacy And Competition Mean For Google’s Future
As previously reported, Google has expanded its field trial for Gmail results on we...
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These Two Hires May Mean More Competition For Google
A couple of Google's chief rivals have just made significant hires that may help them better compete with the Internet giant. Apple has hired William Strasior to run Siri,...
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Congressman To FTC: To Even Discuss Antitrust With Regards To Google “Defies All Logic”
Last week, reports came out indicating that four out of five FTC comm...
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FTC’s Google Antitrust Decision May Come In November [Report]
Although a decision on whether or not to move forward with an antitrust suit against Google was expected about a month ago, it looks like the decision has been made, and that the F...
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Report: Google Proposal In Europe Involves More Branding Of Google Properties In Search Results
In Europe, Google may soon add more branding to search results that come from its own products. The search giant has been in discussions with European Union competition commissione...
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Buscapé Implies Google Breached Ruling From Brazilian Court
According to a court document, a Brazilian court recently rejected claims by shopping comparison site Buscapé that Google is a monopoly, and essentially does not conduct its busine...
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Microsoft May Be Fined Over Its EU Browser Snafu
You may remember when Microsoft got into some troubl...
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EU Competition Chief Talks Antitrust Concerns About Google And Microsoft
EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia spoke at Fordham University in New York City at an antitrust conference on Thursday. After talking about financial markets, benchmark ra...
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FairSearch Coalition Adds Oracle, Nokia And Allegro Group
The FairSearch Coalition, initially made up of travel sites who sought to get Google's deal with ITA Software blocked by regulators last year, continues to grow, despite...
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Amazon Takes Competition With Google Up A Notch
A few months back, Amazon acquired 3D-mapping startup UpNext,...
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Court Finds That Google Is Not A Monopoly. Agree?
In June, we asked readers if they think Google is a monopoly or if people just...
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Joshua Wright FTC Nomination Probably Makes Google Happy
This week, President Obama nominated Joshua Wright, a George Mason University School of Law professor, to serve on the Federal Trade Commission, replacing Commissioner J. Thomas Ro...
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Amazon Is Taking Searches Away From Google
People are starting their product searches on Amazon.com more, and on Google.com (and other search engines) less, according to a...
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FTC Nears End Of Google Antitrust Probe [Report]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may reach a decision on how to proceed with an antitrust probe into Google, by mid September, according to...
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