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Google execs prepare for fight with EU over fines

Many expect the penalty in the US tech giant's shopping-search probe to exceed the US$1.2b fine on Intel 8 years ago

Published Sun, Jun 11, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    Brussels

    AS EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials count the days before their annual vacation, Google's lawyers and lobbyists are hunkering down in Brussels, preparing for what may be a record EU antitrust fine.

    A penalty in the shopping-search probe could come within weeks and many expect it to exceed a US$1.2 billion fine on Intel Corp in 2009.

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