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Google has said it took measures to preempt the lengthy antitrust probes currently being carried out by the European Commission. Oddly, that approach failed. Speaking at the EU's Internal Market sub-committee, Adam Cohen, head of competition and economy policy for EMEA at Google, said the search firm made a decision to preempt …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Google has said it took measures to preempt the lengthy antitrust probes currently being carried out by the European Commission

    Yes, veritable the infestation of lobbyists in Brussels was rather hard to miss :)

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  2. The First Dave

    Basically, Google seem to be admitting that they bribed the wrong people.

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    1. Paul Shirley
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      Or are they pointing out the facts and remedial actions have very little connection to a case driven by political ambition and lobbying competitors?

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