Economics
Google Execs Hunker Down for Fight With EU as Fines Loom
- Seven-year shopping search probe expected to wrap up soon
- Antitrust penalty could top Intel’s record $1.2 billion
EU's Margrethe Vestager on Facebook Probe, Google Cases
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As European Union officials count the days before their annual vacation, Google’s lawyers and lobbyists are hunkering down in Brussels, preparing for what may be a record EU antitrust fine.
A penalty in the shopping-search probe could come within weeks and many expect it to exceed a $1.2 billion fine on Intel Corp. in 2009.