News tagged with european competition law

After Microsoft and Intel, EU regulator sights may fall on Google

After Microsoft and Intel, the next big US technology giant to find itself in the sights of EU competition regulators may be Google with its ubiquitous Internet search engine and online ad business.

Technology / Business

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Europe's courts under reform pressure: study

Protracted legal proceedings, increasingly complex legal cases and growing criticism of the administration of justice – the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg is overburdened. Research by the Hamburg-based ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Asia helps drive Facebook's 1-billion goal

As Facebook nears saturation levels in some Western countries, Asian users are helping drive the social-networking leader's march on the 1-billion-user milestone and beyond.

Technology / Internet

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Make or break for cellular tissues

In a study about to be published in the European Physical Journal E, French physicists from the Curie Institute in Paris have demonstrated that the behaviour of a thin layer of cells in contact with an unfavourable substr ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Top regulator urges online 'do not track' law (Update)

A top US regulator urged Congress Wednesday to enact an online privacy law that includes "do not track" mechanisms for consumers on the Internet, amid indications of a split among lawmakers.

Technology / Internet

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Regulators eye Google in Argentina, South Korea

Google's online search and advertising services are under scrutiny by regulators in Argentina and South Korea, the company has confirmed.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

FTC hires outside lawyer to steer Google probe

(AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission has hired a prominent trial lawyer to oversee its broad investigation into Google's business practices, signaling the agency is troubled by what it has discovered so far in its year-old ...

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created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google likely next in antitrust push on tech giants

Google is likely the next major tech target of US and EU trust-busters after the US Justice Department sued Apple Wednesday for illegally colluding with publishers in the e-book market, legal experts said.

Technology / Business

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Imposing trade restrictions on parallel imports can motivate a firm to export, study finds

(Phys.org) -- Imposing trade restrictions on parallel imports has the surprising effect of motivating a firm to export, according to a new study using game theory economic analysis.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smarter computing systems make society better

Smarter computing systems can help give our lives a big boost - in education, healthcare, transportation, security and even the environment. But these computing systems need to be adjusted constantly, to help ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Economists assert that above all else, political institutions determine the wealth of nations

It is among the grandest topics in scholarship: Why do some nations, such as the United States, become wealthy and powerful, while others remain stuck in poverty? And why do some of those powers, from ancient ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 25


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