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Google faces $417 million claim from Czech search engine Seznam
Seznam.cz, the Czech Republic’s leading home-grown search platform, said on Thursday it had promised 9.072 billion crowns ($417 million) in damages from Google, alleging that...
Google antitrust case to turn on how search engine grew dominant
The US government’s antitrust case against Google appears strong, but could face an uphill battle from a business-friendly judiciary that may question whether a free search e...
US says Google breakup may be needed to end violations of antitrust law
Even the US Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, declared the $1 billion company of illegally using its market power to fend off competitors and said nothi...
Google drops Australia from its News Showcase launch
Google has postponed the roll-out of News Showcase in Australia citing regulatory complications, just 3 months after announcing the product, as the US search giant grapples with on...
China preparing an antitrust investigation into Google
China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe to Google, considering allegations it’s leveraged the dominance of its Android cellular working platform to stifle competition...
US expected to sue Google next week as DOJ seeks support from states
The US Justice Department is expected to sue Google when next week, and is presently urging state attorney generals to sign up to the litigation, according to three sources knowled...
Bing, along with smaller firms, win Google’s Android search auction in Europe
Microsoft’s Bing, PrivacyWall and Info.com were among the search engines which won a penny auction by Alphabet’s Google to show up as search choices on new Android appa...
Yandex in talks to buy online bank Tinkoff for $5.5 billion
Russian bank TCS Group is in talks to sell its online bank Tinkoff to Russian internet group Yandex for $5.48 billion (approximately £4.30 billion), the two companies have stated.
Alphabet Inc issues record $10 billion bond at lowest-ever price
Alphabet Inc borrowed $10 billion in the company debt market on Monday, the Google parent’s biggest bond issue, which it secured during its lowest-ever cost of funding.
Google removes misleading ads in voting-related searches
Google has said that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harvested their personal data.
Baidu sees robust quarter as China’s economy reopens
Chinese search engine Baidu Inc forecast second-quarter revenue above expectations, as businesses reopen in the world’s second-largest economy after strict lockdowns to curb ...
Baidu resumes newsfeed function after cyberspace regulator’s complaints
Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc’s resumed updating its news feed channels on Friday, 16 days after they were suspended following a clean-up order from China’s int...
China orders ByteDance’s Toutiao to fix search, saying national hero smeared
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s internet regulator ordered ByteDance news app Jinri Toutiao to clean up its search engine, saying the search function threw up “slande...