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EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager ordered Google to halt anti-competitive practices in contractual deals with smartphone makers and telecoms providers within 90 days

EU fines Google €4.34 billion over Android system

The European Commission has fined Google €4.34bn for breaching EU competition rules in relation to its Android mobile devices.

Google • 18 Jul 18

The EU competition authority charged Google in April 2015 with distorting internet search results to favour its shopping service, harming both rivals and consumers

EU regulators set to impose record fine on Google

EU competition regulators are likely to impose a record fine on Google over its shopping service as soon as tomorrow, two people familiar with the matter said, concluding one of three cases against the company.

Business • 26 Jun 17

EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said she wants to ensure fair competition in Europe's e-books market

EU accepts Amazon e-book commitments to settle case

The European Commission said today it had accepted commitments by US online retailer Amazon to alter its e-book contracts with publishers to end an EU competition investigation.

Business • 04 May 17

Google claims that Android has not hurt competition, but has expanded it

Google rejects EU Android competition charges

US internet giant Google has rejected EU allegations that it abused its market dominance of its hugely successful Android mobile phone operating system.

Business • 10 Nov 16

Concerns that Donald Trump will make good on his vow to block a proposed $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner

Time Warner shares fall on Trump block worries

Shares of Time Warner fell more than 2% today on concerns that US President-elect Donald Trump will make good on his vow to block a proposed $85 billion acquisition by AT&T.

Business • 09 Nov 16

Ladbrokes agreed the terms of a £2.3 billion all-share merger with Gala Coral last July

Ladbrokes, Coral to sell shops for deal clearance

Bookmakers Ladbrokes and Gala Coral will have to sell between 350 and 400 shops to win clearance for their merger, the British competition regulator said today.

Business • 20 May 16

News Corp first took its grievance about Google to the European Commission two years ago

News Corp broadens Google competition complaint

News Corp has expanded its complaint against Google to EU competition regulators investigating whether the Internet search engine abused its dominance.

Business • 18 Apr 16

Poundland's proposed £55m acquisition of 99p Stores gets approval

UK regulator clears Poundland's 99p Stores deal

Britain's competition regulator has formally cleared discount retailer Poundland's proposed £55m acquisition of smaller rival 99p Stores.

Business • 18 Sep 15

TeliaSonera and Telenor first announced their Danish merger deal last December

TeliaSonera and Telenor fail on Danish merger deal

Telecom operators TeliaSonera and Telenor have dropped plans to merge their Danish businesses, saying that they could not agree terms with Europe's new competition commissioner.

Business • 11 Sep 15

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission carried out inspection at Irish Cement last week

Irish Cement raided in competition probe

Irish Cement has confirmed that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission carried out an inspection on May 14 at the company's plant in Platin, Co Meath.

Business • 18 May 15

The European Commission sent a Statement of Objections to Google

EU charges Google with market abuse

The European Union has accused Google of cheating competitors by distorting internet search results in favour of its Google Shopping service.

Business • 15 Apr 15

The photo captures twisting white lines on a pavement as four people walk upon it

Cork man wins competition for iPhone photo

A photograph taken by a Cork man on his iPhone has won an international competition for images taken and edited with mobile devices.

News • 11 Apr 15

The European Union investigation into Google began in 2010

EU may conclude Google probe soon - report

European competition regulators are set to announce later this month a decision that could result in charges against US Internet giant Google over its grip on Europe's search market, a source close to the case has said.

Business • 02 Apr 15

Google has been subject to a long running European probe which stemmed from rivals' complaints

Google's Schmidt meets EU competition chief

Google chief Eric Schmidt has had a first meeting with the EU's new competition regulator to discuss a long-running probe into the company which could lead to a massive fine.

Business • 03 Mar 15

GE wants to buy Alstom's energy business - and will hand over its train signalling operation as part of the deal

EU launches probe into €12.4bn GE-Alstom deal

EU regulators have launched a probe into US group General Electric's planned €12.4bn acquisition of French rival Alstom's energy business.

Business • 23 Feb 15

The European Commission is investigating Daimler, MAN and Volvo over pricing concerns

Daimler sets aside €600m over EU competition probe

German auto giant Daimler, which makes Mercedes-Benz vehicles, said it was setting aside an additional €600m to cover a potential European Union competition fine.

Business • 18 Dec 14

Amazon and other US-based multinationals have come under pressure from politicians over their tax deals in Europe

EU probe into Amazon tax dealings in Luxembourg

European Union competition regulators have opened a probe into Amazon's tax arrangements with Luxembourg on the grounds that the deals may amount to illegal state aid.

Business • 07 Oct 14

Google will face formal charges if it fails to improve its proposals to the EU to resolve competition complaints over its search engine

Google facing charges unless it betters settlement

Google will face formal charges if it fails to improve its proposals to the European Union to resolve competition complaints over its search engine, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said today.

Business • 23 Sep 14

US says that some complainants have introduced new arguments and new data in Google probe

EU puts new squeeze on Google in probe

Google must come up with "new solutions" to meet complaints from competitors about its proposed competition settlement with Brussels, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has said.

Business • 09 Sep 14

The companies colluded over pricing, contracts and customers between 2003 and 2005, according to the European Commission

EU fines three firms €138m for forming chip cartel

The European Union has fined Infineon, Philips and Samsung €138m for forming a smartcard chip cartel in Europe in its latest competition case against technology firms.

Business • 03 Sep 14

It is not clear if Satya Nadella will meet Chinese officials as part of the visit

Microsoft's Nadella to visit China next month

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella is set to visit China in late September, a source familiar with the matter has said, as the Chinese government conducts a competition investigation into the world's largest software company.

Business • 28 Aug 14

China is raising the same issues investigated by US and European authorities in the early 2000s

China critical of Microsoft in competition probe

Microsoft’s internet browser and media player are being targeted in a Chinese competition probe, raising the prospect of China revisiting the software bundling issue at the heart of past complaints against the firm in the West.

Business • 26 Aug 14

Qualcomm was fined more than $200m in 2009 by South Korean officials

Chinese, Korean officials meet in Qualcomm probe

Chinese competition officials have met with their South Korean counterparts to discuss violations by US chipmaker Qualcomm, sources said, as Beijing reaches out to regulators overseas to complete a case that could result in record fines at home.

Business • 21 Aug 14

Qualcomm is one of the world's biggest chip-makers for smartphones and tablets

Chinese authorities say Qualcomm has monopoly

China's competition regulator has confirmed that Qualcomm, one of the world's biggest mobile chipmakers, has a monopoly, the state-run Securities Times newspaper has reported, as Qualcomm's chief executive held talks in China.

Business • 24 Jul 14

E-book plaintiffs had been seeking $840m in damages from Apple

Apple agrees deal in e-book price fixing case

Apple has reached an out-of-court settlement with a group of US states who had accused it of conspiring with publishers to fix the prices of e-books.

Business • 17 Jun 14