News tagged with antitrust action

EU: Microsoft agrees to unbundle Explorer from Windows

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of rival Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators and Microsoft said Friday.

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EU gives Google 'weeks' to satisfy competition concerns (Update)

European Union anti-trust chiefs asked Google Monday to quickly offer "remedies" to satisfy Brussels' concerns the Internet search king has abused its dominant market position -- or else face heavy penalties.

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US judge allows tech 'poaching' suit to proceed

A US judge has given a green light to a lawsuit charging Apple, Google, Pixar and other technology-driven firms with colluding to keep salaries in check by agreeing not to poach one another's software engineers.

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Google's moves raise questions about 'don't be evil' motto

With its "Don't Be Evil" motto, Google Inc. has always held itself to a higher moral standard.

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created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 24

AU Optronics guilty in display screen price-fixing case

Taiwan's largest maker of displays for computers, smartphones and other gadgets was convicted on Tuesday of taking part in a price-fixing conspiracy that brought in more than a half-billion dollars in "ill-gotten gains."

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Apple, book publishers facing potential US suit: WSJ

The Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five major US publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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Samsung can continue selling Galaxy tabs in Germany: court

South Korea's Samsung Electronics can continue to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1N tablet computer in Germany, a German court ruled Thursday, rejecting a bid by arch-rival Apple to have them banned.

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

EU probes Samsung, Germany blocks its tablets

Samsung took a hit in its battle against arch-rival Apple on Tuesday, when the European Union announced it will investigate whether it is illegally trying to hinder competitors and Germany blocked sales of ...

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Samsung, Sharp in LCD price-fixing settlement

South Korea's Samsung, Japan's Sharp and five other Asian firms have agreed to a $553 million settlement for illegally fixing liquid crystal display prices, New York state's attorney general said Tuesday.

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created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

AT&T finds big-money lobbying, ads don't always pay off

AT&T Inc. is one of the biggest corporate spenders in the nation's capital. But the rejection of its proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA showed that money can't necessarily buy you love from antitrust officials.

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Jurors deadlock in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft

(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday failed to reach a verdict in a Utah company's $1 billion antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. in a case so important to the computer giant that it put Bill Gates on the ...

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