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Google probe in EU props up stocks of Russian competitor

Published Wed, Apr 22, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    New York

    THE European Union's antitrust probe into Google sparked a big rally in Russian search engine Yandex NV last week, even though the "Russian Google" still faces significant challenges, competitive and otherwise.

    Yandex has amassed a US$6.54 billion market capitalisation, mainly by selling advertising against the web browser used on 64 per cent of Russian desktop computers.

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