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Apple hit with record-breaking $1.2 billion antitrust fine in France

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Apple has been hit with a record-breaking fine for antitrust practices. French competition authority Autorité de la Concurrence has found Apple and its wholesale distribution partners Ingram Micro and Tech Data guilty of running a cartel for A...

EU opens Amazon probe to see if it used merchant data to gain an advantage

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On the same day that Amazon announced plans to overhaul its business terms for its third-party sellers, the European Commission (EC) has opened a formal antitrust investigation into the retailer, designed to assess whether its use of sensitive mercha...

Amazon will change its rules for third-party sellers following backlash

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Amazon doesn't have a shining reputation when it comes to the way it handles its third-party sellers. Merchants have reported restrictions on where they can sell, being kicked off the site for no obvious reasons and issues with counterfeiting. But Ge...

EU Commission says Google antitrust case decision coming soon

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European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager is expected to hand down a decision on the probing of Google Inc soon, according to a press release.The European Commission has been conducting a...

Court upholds EU antitrust decision against Microsoft, reduces fine slightly to $1.07 billion

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Court upholds EU antitrust decision against Microsoft, reduces fine slightly to $107 billion

Europe's second-highest court has finally denied Microsoft's 2008 appeal of its 899 million euro ($1.35 billion) EU antitrust fine, while reducing the award to 860 million euros ($1.07 billion). If you can't remember that far back, Redmond was hit with the penalty for delaying information about its operating system to rival companies, impeding their progress in competing with the software giant. It's not known if a further appeal is possible, but we suspect that the company won't give up if it's got any options -- it's not exactly pocket change we're talking about.

Court upholds EU antitrust decision against Microsoft, reduces fine slightly to $1.07 billion originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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South Korea’s FTC reportedly raids Google again over lack of cooperation

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Google might be in trouble for how it handled an earlier raid by South Korean officials over antitrust concerns. Insiders claimed to AllThingsD that the country's Fair Trade Commission stormed Google's Seoul offices again on May 28th after the company allegedly stonewalled the investigation in suspicious ways. Among the accusations, Google supposedly deleted files and asked staff to work from home rather than face inquiries. The FTC's goal was still to answer complaints from local search firms Daum and NHN that Google was unfairly making it difficult to use a non-Google search engine in Android. Google still says it's cooperating with regulators, but the assertions if they're accurate would paint a different picture. They certainly don't alleviate pressure in the US over similar subjects.

South Korea's FTC reportedly raids Google again over lack of cooperation originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 17:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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