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Google closes in on deal in EU antitrust case
http://www.adn.com/2014/02/05/3307622/google-makes-more-concessions.htmlGoogle closes in on deal in EU antitrust case
By JUERGEN BAETZ
Associated Press
February 5, 2014 Updated 15 minutes ago
BRUSSELS — Google is offering new and "far-reaching" concessions to the European Union's antitrust watchdog that are likely to be enough to settle allegations it is abusing its dominant position in Internet searches, the EU said Wednesday.
EU Antitrust Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that he's "strongly convinced" the new proposals sufficiently address the competition concerns, marking a major milestone in the three-year-old case.
"This is an important step forward," he told reporters in Brussels.
Google will guarantee to display results from three competitors in a similar way to its own whenever it promotes its specialized search services like Google shopping, the EU Commission said. It will also label more clearly search results stemming from its own services to allow users to distinguish between natural search results and those promoted by Google.