As electric and hybrid vehicles become standard, the EU is working to become self-sufficient in the batteries powering them by 2025.
EU Court Upholds Apple’s Irish Tax Deal
Apple scored a big win in European courts, with the General Court of the European Union ruling Apple’s tax deal with Ireland was legal.
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft Agree To Censor EU “Hate Speech”
In a disturbing agreement from the perspective of free speech advocates Tuesday, the European Commission and U.S. based social media companies Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft agreed to a “Code of Conduct” on “hate speech”. It’s pretext is to stop…
EU Is Questioning Ecommerce Companies In Broad Inquiry
Back in March, the European Commission announced a proposal for an ecommerce sector antitrust inquiry. It said at the time that there were indications that some companies could be taking measures to restrict cross-border ecommerce, and that the inquiry would…
Should Google Be Slapped With Antitrust Action?
After a five-year long investigation, the European Commissioned announced it has sent a Statement of Objections to Google alleging it has abused its dominant position in the markets for general internet search services by favoring its own comparison shopping product…
Google Is Reportedly About To Be Hit With Antitrust Charges In Europe
Earlier this month, we heard that the European Commission was about to “move against” Google, “setting the stage for charges” against the search giant after a five-year-long investigation and several attempts by Google to settle. Now, the WSJ is reporting…
Google Breakup Approved By European Parliament
As previously reported, the European Parliament was considering a proposal to call for a breakup of Google. More specifically, it wants to separate the company’s search business from the rest of its offerings. When the subject came up for a…
Should Google Be Broken Up?
As reported late last week, the European Parliament is considering a call to break up Google. This would specifically involve breaking the search business away from the rest of the business. Do you think a break-up of Google is a…
Android Antitrust Investigation Starting To Ramp Up
An EU antitrust investigation into Google’s business practices related to Android has been in the works for over a year, following a complaint filed by FairSearch.org in April, 2013. Now, things are starting to heat up. Reuters is reporting that…
Apple Gets EU Approval For Beats Acquisition, Is Reportedly About To Buy Swell
Apple’s acquisition of Beats has gained approval from the European Commission. The Commission concluded that the combination of these businesses does not raise any competition concerns because their combined market share is low, and because the two companies themselves aren’t…