EU files antitrust charges against Google

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's competition chief is filing an antitrust complaint alleging Google has been abusing its dominance in Internet searches and is opening a probe into its Android mobile system.

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Wednesday she is "concerned that the company has given an unfair advantage to its own comparison shopping service."

Vestager said the separate antitrust probe into Android will investigate whether the Internet giant relies on anti-competitive deals and abuses its dominant position in Europe's mobile market.

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 23, 2010 file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels. The European Union's competition chief Margrethe Vestager is expected on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 to file a complaint alleging Google has been abusing its dominance in Internet searches. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

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[Surya Gayatri]

1. Go Europe! Somebody's got to reign in these gargantuan

corporate entities.

[merrily]

3. Pretty sure it won't be us.

We loves us some job creators.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. You can bet the BANK on that!

[LittleGirl]

5. Not sure why Switzerland is blanked out

there because they are an EU member state just like the UK even if they use their own currency.

[Surya Gayatri]

6. No, they do NOT belong to the EU. They have always remained

staunchly separate.

They're afraid that the EU's strict banking laws and reporting requirements would hobble their 'tax-haven' banking system.

http://enseigner.tv5monde.com/fle/la-suisse-un-ilot-en-europe

"Switzerland, An Island In Europe"

[LittleGirl]

7. sorry, I don't understand french.

I just don't understand because as an EU spouse, I have full movement, rights etc in Switzerland.

[Surya Gayatri]

8. The article says: "Switzerland, An Island In Europe".

You have full rights because you're married to a Swiss person.

EU immigration law and border regulations do NOT apply in Switzerland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations



Hope this clarifies your Swiss status!

[LittleGirl]

9. oops

I didn't read the article but I'm married to a UK citizen. We're both foreigners here

[merrily]

2. First, don't be evil.