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
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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