EU antitrust authorities threaten to break up Google

Nicholas Fearn
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EU threat to break-up Google over fears about its dominance and claims of anti-competitive practices

European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has issued the bizarre threat to break-up US internet giant Google due to "grave suspicions" about its growing dominance.  That's according t...

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