The European Commission gave unconditional approval to Microsoft’s pending acquisition of speech technology company Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion in cash, clearing the way for the second-largest acquisition in Microsoft… Read More
The Italian government fined Amazon $1.3 billion for gaming its third-party seller platform to favor companies that pay the online giant for additional services. The fine, handed down by the… Read More
Amazon has been fined a record 746 million euros, or $885 million based on current exchange rates, over alleged violations of European data privacy regulations. The company disclosed the July… Read More
The United States and the European Union have agreed on a five-year suspension in tit-for-tat tariffs over a 17-year-long trade dispute that involved subsidies given to Boeing and Airbus for… Read More
European regulators are set to file antitrust charges against Amazon over the alleged use of third-party seller data to compete with retailers on its e-commerce platform, the Wall Street Journal… Read More
Google has appealed a $5 billion fine (€4.3 billion) from the European Union for forcing manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and other apps on Android devices, which regulators argue juices its… Read More
The European Union is looking into how Amazon handles data from smaller sellers in its marketplace. Regulators want to find out whether Amazon is using that information to gain an advantage… Read More
The European Union has hit Google with a $5 billion fine (€4.3 billion Euro) for forcing manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and other apps on Android devices, a move regulators… Read More
This May, a sweeping new data protection law will go into effect across Europe that will change the way tech companies do business anywhere on the continent. It’s called the… Read More
The European Commission has decided that terms offered up by Amazon sufficiently address concerns raised in a 2015 antitrust investigation over contracts between the Seattle retailer and e-book publishers. The European… Read More
Apple has benefitted from illegal tax deals with the government in Ireland, where it has operated an office for 36 years, giving it an unfair advantage over other businesses, a report… Read More
Just a couple of days ago, longtime Seattle tech entrepreneur Marcelo Calbucci was excited about moving his family to London. But now that Britain has voted to leave the European… Read More
Amazon and Netflix may have a few more subtitled films in the near future. The European Union is proposing an updated set of broadcasting rules that would force European-made movies… Read More
As expected, the European Commission announced formal charges today against Google, accusing the tech giant of abusing its position in the shopping search market and violating European antitrust law. In… Read More
After months of rumblings about potential action, it seems that the European Union is planning to accuse Google of antitrust violations. According to reports by the New York Times and… Read More
An advisory committee appointed by Google has published its recommendation: the “right to be forgotten” — or have links about individuals removed from Google’s search results — should apply only… Read More
The European Union’s “right to be forgotten” may be going global, if a set of regulators have their way. A group representing the 28 member nations’ privacy regulators met in… Read More
The European Union Parliament is posed to call for Google to break up into multiple businesses over antitrust concerns, according to a draft resolution reported on by the Financial Times.… Read More