Google readies EU offer after $3.5 billion fine, skips full splitThe offer, due by early November, will avoid a complete sale of Google’s Ad Manager — the AdX exchange and DoubleClick for Publishers — acc...
19 Sep, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
"There is some hope of reconciliation with US, but uncertain": Former diplomat T.P. SreenivasanAmid evolving India-US relations, Donald Trump has expressed a mix of reaffirmed friendship with Narendra Modi and displeasure over unspeci...
06 Sep, 2025, 01.46 PM IST
Google hit with $3.5 billion fine from European Union in ad-tech antitrust caseThe European Union has fined Google €2.95 billion for violating competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services. The EU ...
05 Sep, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
Google adtech fine on hold as EU awaits lower US car duties, sources sayEU antitrust regulators delayed fining Google over adtech practices while awaiting a US-EU trade deal on car tariffs. The fine, expected so...
02 Sep, 2025, 09.45 PM IST
Google set to face modest EU antitrust fine in adtech investigation, sources sayThe decision by the European Commission follows a four-year long investigation triggered by a complaint from the European Publishers Counci...
30 Aug, 2025, 04.19 PM IST
Google, X next targets as Europe stays tough on tech regulationThe Digital Markets Act (DMA) sets out a list of dos and don'ts for tech giants to make it easier for people to move between competing onli...
23 Apr, 2025, 04.18 PM IST
Big hit for big tech: Apple, Google suffer multibillion-$ blows in EUEU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager achieved significant victories as Europe's top court upheld her actions against Apple's Irish tax dea...
10 Sep, 2024, 10.26 PM IST
EU's Vestager triumphs in crackdown on Apple's tax deal, Google's practicesVestager, who ends her term in November, has made a name for herself going after Big Tech's tax arrangements with some EU countries and att...
10 Sep, 2024, 04.35 PM IST
Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practicesThe lawsuit seeks damages of up to 13.6 billion pounds ($16.9 billion) on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kin...
09 May, 2024, 08.32 AM IST
A look at how European regulators are cracking down on Big TechHere is look at some of the actions taken by European watchdogs to keep a tab on big technology companies.
06 Mar, 2024, 03.43 PM IST
Google faces EU break-up order over anti-competitive adtech practicesAlphabet's Google may have to sell part of its lucrative adtech business to address concerns about anti-competitive practices, EU regulator...
15 Jun, 2023, 07.18 AM IST
EU says Google abused dominant positions in online adsGoogle issued an immediate statement with its vice president for global ads, Dan Taylor, saying "we disagree" with the commission's announc...
14 Jun, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
Google faces $4.2 billion advertising lawsuitA new lawsuit has been filed against Google seeking 3.4 billion pounds ($4.2 billion) in compensation for publishers for lost revenue.
02 Apr, 2023, 06.07 PM IST
Google faces claim from UK publishers over online advertisingThe class action claim was filed at the Competition Appeal tribunal on behalf of 130,000 businesses publishing around 1.75 million website ...
30 Nov, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
Google faces EU antitrust charges over its adtech business: reportGoogle could avert the charges by offering more concessions to settle the investigation. Some companies prefer to see the precise regulator...
13 Oct, 2022, 10.35 PM IST
Google faces $25 billion claims in UK, Dutch Courts on Adtech normsGoogle criticised the imminent lawsuits, saying that it works constructively with publishers across Europe. "This lawsuit is speculative an...
13 Sep, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Google's adtech business set to face formal EU probe by year-endAn EU probe would focus on Google's position vis-a-vis advertisers, publishers, intermediaries and rivals
18 Jun, 2021, 07.58 PM IST