Google survives antitrust probe with little damage
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SAN FRANCISCO Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet search engine, the world's most influential gateway to digital information and commerce. Thursday's agreement with the Federal Trade Commission covers only some of the issues raised in a wide-ranging antitrust investigation that could have culminated in a regulatory crackdown that re-shapes Internet search, advertising and mobile computing. But that crackdown didn't happen, to the relief of Google and technology trade groups worried about overzealous regulation discouraging future innovation. The resolution disappointed consumer rights groups and Google rivals such as Microsoft Corp. , which had lodged complaints with regulators in hopes of legal action that would split up or at least hobble the Internet's most powerful company. Google is still trying to settle a similar antitrust probe in Europe.
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Beth Wilkinson
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| 0.183807 | "Undoubtedly, Google took aggressive actions to gain advantage over rival search providers," said Beth Wilkinson, ... |
| 0.112225 | "Undoubtedly, Google took aggressive actions to gain advantage over rival search providers," said Beth Wilkinson, a former federal prosecutor that the FTC hired to help steer the investigation. "However, the FTC's mission is to protect competition, and not individual competitors." |
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| -0.195043 | "The FTC had a long list of grievances against Google to choose from when deciding if they unfairly used their dominance to crush their competitors, yet they failed to use their authority for the betterment of the marketplace," said Steve Pociask, ... |
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Company: Google Inc.
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Google survives antitrust probe with little damage
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A settlement with the FTC revealed few secrets of the world's most powerful search engine; rivals and consumer groups disappointed
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