From the Old Lady-
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/technology/01google.html?_r=1&hpw
Google’s dominance on the Internet has been a sore point in Europe, where it controls more than 80 percent of the online search market, compared with about 66 percent in the United States, according to comScore, a research firm.
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If Google is found in violation of European competition law, the commission has the power to fine it up to 10 percent of its annual revenue, which totaled more than $23 billion last year.
Before settling last year, Microsoft had paid fines of about $2.4 billion over the past decade in a long-running antitrust case in Brussels that focused on the Windows operating system.
In another case, the commission fined Intel about $1.45 billion for abusing its dominance in the computer chip market.
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Maybe Google should ask the European Union to buy a groupon for anti trust cases.
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- Europe Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into Google – New York Times (news.google.com)
DECISION STATS 