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Google investigation widens as complaints mount-up

The commission extended the mandate of the antitrust probe to include associations of the powerful German publishers BDZV and VDZ, complaints as well as euro-villes online mapping company.

Last month, the commission has launched an investigation into allegations that Google downgrade deliberately rival sites in its search ranking.

In February, The Daily Telegraph revealed that three small research companies had filed complaints with the commission.

The addition of German organisations will give a broader investigation and reduce the influence of Microsoft, which has provided support to the other complainants.

BDZV and VDZ represent more than 450 newspapers and magazines in Germany publishers.

Google has denied that she intentionally lowered the classification of its rivals, but said that "there is always room for improvement."

A spokesman for Google has conceded that the search engine "could have been more transparent" to the manner in which its other businesses in its search results ranking algorithm.

If convicted, Google may be fine until 10pc of its annual revenues of $23. 6bn (£ 15 5.3).

However, a fine of this size is unlikely. The workplan end competition presented by the Commission was €1. 06bn (£ 930 m) for Intel in 2009.


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General walks away from Google - reports

General is said to want to go it alone.

Site News and technology said the separation occurred on Friday night.


The reasons for the collapse of the talks are not clear, but AllthingsD said that it is because General wanted to "remain independent and perhaps go for an IPO [initial public offering]".


General Chicago and Google were reported in direct negotiations earlier in the week.


General was launched in 2008 and was reportedly generates revenues of more than 50 m $ per month. It has a global network of over 33 m subscribers in 35 countries. In Britain, it trades as MyCityDeal.


The website sends its members daily emails with details of discounts for 200 products and services. Agreements are only activated when a minimum number of people agreed to make a purchase, giving General influence negotiating steep Group products and services discounts.


Google said trying to build existing localized products General features such as Google site discounts.


Some of most popular from the General to the United Kingdom transactions included £ 5 for a voucher for £ 25 create a book of photos with Albelli, where 11,708 bills have been sold.


This week, he ran a coupon for a language learning audio book costs £ 5 instead of £ 14.99 worm music purchased by 10,008 people-centred.


The company said that much more unusual to United Kingdom so far from a complete package of Woodborough Hall in the Nottinghamshire marriage.


The agreement was price £ 1,999 instead of £ 5,011 covered rental and setting up the place for 50 people. a course of three Michelin-star meals, beverages, reception and a toastmaster dedicated and wedding planner. The company said 26 pairs bought the transaction.


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EU investigates the dominance of Google search

Regulators are investigating whether Google intentionally lowered the classification of its rivals in its search results. Google has denied all the allegations.

"The European Commission has decided to initiate an antitrust investigation into allegations that Google has abused a dominant position in the search online", stated the EU Executive.


Regulators are investigating whether Google intentionally lowered the classification of its rivals in its search results.If found guilty Google could be fined up to 10pc of its annual revenues of $23. 6bn.


In February, The Daily Telegraph revealed that three companies research small had filed complaints with the Commission.Foundem, a British Columbia Colombia and ejustice.fr price comparison site, French legal search engine, complained that Google had deliberately demoted for their websites in its ranking search results.


Ciao!, a German online shopping portal owned by Microsoft Bing!, it is also lamented how Google sells ads.


The Commission stated that it was investigating complaints of rivals "alleged adverse treatment of their services in the results of research not paid and sponsored by Google coupled to a preferential placement of Google services".


Shivaun Raff, CEO of Foundem, stated: "[Google] rotates a facially neutral an incredibly powerful marketing channel of their own search engine."


Google has denied all the allegations.


"Since we started at Google, we have worked hard to do the right thing by our users and our industry - ensure that ads are always clearly marked, making it easy for users and advertisers to take their data with them when they services and invest massively in open source,"Google said in a statement."projects".


"But there will always be room for improvement, and if we are going to work with the Commission to respond to concerns."


While the Commission could fine Google until $2, a fine of this size is probable.Son large anti-competitive fine has €1. 06bn (£ 930 m) levied against Intel in 2009.


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EU flexes its muscles to research on Google

The commission launched its preliminary investigation after three digital companies filed a complaint about the way in which that exploited Google. Ciao, a German online shopping Web site owned by Microsoft, Foundem, a site search UK ejustice.fr, a site of French legal research, asserted that they were being unfairly penalized by giant Silicon Valley so that their names were not listed on the first vital search pages.

Google has responded in a robust manner, saying that those complaints are based on a fundamental misunderstanding of research works.With millions of websites and billions of searches by day, is no way that Google would have the time or the ability to create random "penalties" for some opérateurs.Si you search for "iPod", for example, there are results of 245 m - where on earth could begin?

Secondly, if Google search does not draw the best sites to the top of the list and then consumers would soon start going to other sites such as belonging to Microsoft Bing search. Google has to allow all of quality sites to make it atop otherwise that market dominance would be under threat.

As these complex arguments are exhausted, there is another element to the story - the role of Microsoft.Alongside three complaints, last week a "web" campaign was launched called haveibeenpenalized.com who said that "would require greater transparency of search engine.

So far, he lists three sites that claim to search engine penalties have affected their business - TradeComet stadtplandienst.de (German site) and a new page.I spoke to the man leading the campaign, the Dr. Marc Pinter-Krainer on a new page, who said that this was not specifically to Google, but then recherche.Impair sites, all three currently listed sites are saying they suffer from a "Google penalty.

A supporter of the campaign is the initiative for a competitive marketplace and online (Icomp) - an organization supported by Microsoft, arch enemy of Google.Foundem, one of the original complainants of the European Commission, is also member of icomp.nombreux worldwide technology think it's a little whiffy, because it is Microsoft, so often the big bad wolf "restrictive" bundled products and the battle of decades long with the European Commission on competition issues that may have more to gain from a survey.

If the commission is to act, it must ensure that it is a simple matter and allow Google to make some positive changes, such as transparency, in the table, all research sites must then follow - including Microsoft.

That the Commission should not allow itself to become a tool of competitors of Google or infernal agent of "regulation of success".So far, complaints are a very small number of operators, especially themselves very faible.Ce is important, it is to keep things in perspective.

False times

Barclays Capital is in danger of becoming the mower euro.Si area you remember back in the era of dim and distant from September of this year, it was a report BarCap on the dangers of the banking system Irish that sparked a significant jump in Irish bond yields and increased the price of insurance of the Irish government debt.

At the time of the report and its coverage in the media, the Irish Government has responded with its inhabitants (and ultimately harm) claim that these reports have been completely and totally wrong.

"There is absolutely no truth in rumours concerning external assistance", a spokesman of the Ministry of finance the Ireland said at the time .Brian Lenihan, the Secretary of finance now somewhat to, beleaguered took to the airwaves: "I accept only has a few new shock about to emerge," he said.

Moreover, that the time appears a terribly long it y a.Que we present today, the European Commission is about to announce details of its €85bn (£ 72bn) bail-out of the Ireland and the price that is extracted to the large cheque and the IMF are about to write Ireland .Banque could be fully nationalized and some bank debt holders (junior, it seems rather than senior) orders take not so haircuts as a military-style buzz cut.

The question is now, of course, is the next? irascible markets know that fundamental problems playing in the euro area are far from being resolved and tensions between the Germany and Club Med countries are clear for all to see.

Enter stage left once more, BarCap, with its false peaufiné.Dans a report released Friday, Spain, BarCap suggests, marvelously deadpan way, a "delicate" à l'avance spring .the report states that the Spanish Government must lift €30bn in the first four months of 2011, at the same time as the Spanish raise banks had been €.

"Combined issuance of €73bn examines demanding, with half of it in April alone," according to the report. "" """It's a real test of the appetite of investors for the exhibition at the Spain, especially if there are concerns renewed credit quality".

We know that Spain deny it is in any difficulty and that everyone must pass just sur.Qui is, of course, anything that said Ireland.


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Yahoo! and Google investors cheer

Former internet darling Yahoo! saw its shares gain 4pc $15.93 offers the prospect of a possible at AOL, another former Internet giant who has lost its lustre. Means AOL discussed a possible buyout with companies including Blackstone capital. Meanwhile, Yahoo! is reported to have hired Goldman Sachs to assist in any possible approach.

Carol Bartz, Chief Executive of the Yahoo! is in addition to pressures turn around of a company who spurns Microsoft's offer in 2008.Since shares fell nearly the moitié.Analystes say a combination of private bag and an alliance with AOL could help restore his fortune.

Statement after the closing, Google announced a robust figures with recipes search engine giant Bell from. $ 5 for the quarter, up to the same period, the last time such as "paid clicks" 25pc 48bn on sautéed listings 16pc.

Figures eased concerns that Google, looking for new sources of growth, went on a spree of spending with uncertain as results he compete competing advertising such as Facebook.


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