German antitrust agency shelves Amazon probe

German antitrust regulators say they've shelved a case against Amazon.com Inc. after the American online retailer agreed to lift a regulation prohibiting third-party traders from selling their products cheaper elsewhere.

EU backs Apple in Google's Motorola patent move (Update 2)

EU anti-trust officials said on Monday that Google-owned Motorola was abusing its leading position in Germany's mobile phone market by filing a patent injunction against Apple over some core smartphone functions.

EU launches probe into suspected chipmaker cartel

EU anti-trust authorities announced on Monday a formal cartel probe into smartcard chipmakersā€”the motors for everything from bank and mobile SIM cards to electronic ID papers, after talks aimed at securing an amicable settlement ...

EU OKs $2.7bn Siemens takeover of UK rail firm

The European Union's antitrust body has cleared a 1.74 billion pound ($2.7 billion) takeover of a British rail technology company by German industrial conglomerate Siemens.

EU probes Motorola in patent war with Apple, Microsoft

European regulators opened Tuesday two antitrust investigations against Motorola Mobility, bought by US Internet giant Google, in the latest chapter of an escalating patent war with Apple and Microsoft.

EU probes IBM over 'abuse' of market power

European competition enforcers announced on Monday they were probing computer giant IBM on two separate cases relating to antitrust infringements.

Feds to look at Apple policy on programming tools

(AP) -- Federal regulators plan to examine whether Apple Inc. is violating antitrust rules by requiring software developers to use Apple programming tools to create applications for the iPhone and iPad.

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