Google still faces antitrust scrutiny in Europe, officials say - riverahiscriand68

The European Brotherhood's challenger chief has said negotiations with Google to settle an antitrust probe have "advanced," but talks are not yet concluded.

Contention Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said he could could not anticipate the termination of ongoing talks and added that they could not go happening evermor. However he also said that in that respect was no precise deadline for their conclusion.

Google is accused of using its search service to direct users to its personal services and reduction the visibility of competitory websites and services. In November 2011 the Commission drawn-out the case into a engorged probe to regulate whether Google search results are colored to rivals.

French hunt railway locomotive eJustice.fr and the U.K.-based Foundem first lodged complaints in 2010. But 14 other companies have since followed their lead, including Microsoft-owned German monetary value comparison site Ciao, Dutch football web site Elfvoetbal, European country companies Dealdujour.pro and Twenga, British online mapping company Streetmap and online travel sites Expedia and Tripadvisor. Microsoft itself joined the complaints in 2011.

Accordant to reports, Google has proposed a settlement of the antitrust case that involves labeling its own services in search results.

Before this calendar month U.S. Fed Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz met with Almunia to talk over the look colossus, which is also subordinate investigation by the U.S. agency.

Google controls Sir Thomas More than 90 percent of the search grocery in several European countries.

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