Google Rivals Quizzed by EU Again After Settlement Stalls

Google Inc.’s rivals are being questioned by European Union regulators as the bloc’s new competition chief weighs whether to step up a four-year-old antitrust probe after settlement efforts stalled.

Questions were sent to a number of people involved in Internet maps and travel “in order to get fresh information because it was quite a while” since the EU sought information on online search and advertising, Margrethe Vestager told a press conference in Brussels. The former Danish economy minister said she has “no intentions yet” when asked whether she’d abandon a settlement and send antitrust objections that could lead to fines.