EU to slap Google with record fine this week: sources

Brussels

THE EU's powerful anti-trust regulator will slap Google with a record fine as early as Tuesday in another European blow against a US tech giant, sources said.

Led by hard-charging European Commission competition chief Margrethe Vestager, the EU will impose a massive penalty against Google that would break the previous record of 1.06 billion euros (S$1.65 billion) set in 2009 against Intel, the US chipmaker.