[governance] European Commission on Google Investigation Was Google Survives US FTC Probe #FTC #EC #Google #competition

[Angela Daly]

I don't have any insider knowledge on this but Google and competition
law is forming one chapter of my PhD thesis which should be finished
soon!

Angela

On 10 January 2013 23:22, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> On 18th December, 2012 the Vice President of the European Commission
> responsible for Competition Policy met with Google's Executive Chairman Eric
> Schmidt in relation to coming into an Agreement based on Article 9 of the EU
> Anti Trust Regulation. You can see the Press Release here:
>
> http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom
>
> The concerns are in relation to the competition concerns raised by the EC
> and they include:-
>
> the way in which Google's vertical search services are displayed within
> general search results as compared to services of competitors;
>
>  the way Google may use and display third party content on its vertical
> search services;
>
>  exclusivity agreements for the delivery of Google search advertisements on
> other websites; and
>
>  restrictions in the portability of AdWords advertising campaigns.
>
> To see the Press Release, visit:
> http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom
>
> It will be interesting to see the detailed commitment text by Google this
> month and I would be grateful if anyone has any knowledge about this that
> they could share.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Sala
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> "The US Federal Trade Commission has announced it has closed its
>> investigation into Google after an exhaustive 19-month review that covered
>> millions of pages of documents and involved many hours of testimony.
>>
>> See:http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/01/google.shtm
>>
>> To see report by BBC, visit:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20899032
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
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>> Suva
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
> P.O. Box 17862
> Suva
> Fiji
>
> Twitter: @SalanietaT
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> Tel: +679 3544828
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>
>
>
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