EU slaps record Rs 17,500 cr fine on Google for manipulating search engine results
June 27, 2017 15:52 ISTThe European Union has slapped 2.4 billion euro fine on Google for manipulating its search engine results to favour its new shopping service.
The European Union has slapped 2.4 billion euro fine on Google for manipulating its search engine results to favour its new shopping service.
The European Union said on Tuesday it will slap Google with a record-breaking fine of more than 1.1 billion euros, or nearly $1.2 billion (approx Rs 7,700 crore), for misusing its monopoly over internet search, media reported.
May’s proposals at an EU summit were a carefully timed gesture days after talks began on Britain’s departure. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called them “a good start.”
Speaking in Brussels, Brexit Minister David Davis said London wanted a "new, deep and special partnership" in the interest of Britons and all Europeans, Sky News reported.
Google is reportedly facing a record-breaking fine from EU which could exceed $1 billion.
Asked about America's decision to leave the 2015 climate accord, the envoy said, "The decision by the US to pull out of the agreement was negative."
According to the annual business survey of the lobby group, 54 per cent of the 570 respondents said that foreign-invested companies were treated unfairly compared with their Chinese competitors.
Macron’s presidency began with a visit to troops wounded in overseas combat — a reminder of France’s large global military presence and role in fighting extremists from Syria to Africa.
British PM Theresa May has warned the European Union that she will be a bloody difficult woman on Brexit talks.
In columns published across a series of European publications, the British Prime Minister writes that a good exit deal for Britain from the European Union (EU) was in "all our interests".
There has been speculation in the British press since last year's referendum on the so-called Brexit that the other 27 EU members could try to extract maximum suffering from the UK in order to discourage others from leaving.
The move comes nine months after the divisive Brexit referendum. May’s letter that will be hand delivered on Wednesday to European Council President Donald Tusk.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II today gave her royal assent to Prime Minister Theresa May's European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill that was cleared on Monday in the British Parliament. The European Union Bill was
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday said that the passage of the Brexit bill in the Parliament marks a defining moment for the country and that her timetable of triggering formal negotiations by the end of March remained on track.
European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday that employers may bar staff from wearing visible religious symbols. The court’s order came during a hearing on the issue of women wearing Islamic headscarves at work.
The British Parliament on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that empowers Prime Minister Theresa May to start negotiations for the UK’s exit from the European Union.
The House of Lords on Wednesday voted to demand guarantees for the European Union nationals living in Britain to stay in the UK after it quits the bloc.
The European Union has chided India for blocking foreign funding licences to several of around 20,000 NGOs saying the move was unacceptable.
The European Union today said it is ready to accommodate more Indian IT professionals and denounced any form of protectionism in global trade, amid anxiety in India over the Trump administration's possible clampdown on H1B visa.
The UK Parliament on Wednesday discussed and voted on a crucial bill giving Prime Minister Theresa May the authority to officially trigger Brexit and start negotiations for leaving the 28-member European Union.
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