Google EU Probe Outcome to Be Decided in Weeks, Almunia Says

Google Inc. will find out within weeks whether its recent offer to European Union antitrust regulators was enough to settle an almost three-year-old EU probe into the way it operates its search services.

“This investigation started in November 2010, it has been difficult,” Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told a conference in Florence, Italy, today. “It’s important but it cannot be prolonged forever, so we are now in the decisive weeks.”