Google Faces $1.4 Billion Fine in India for Rigging Search Results

Furthermore, a Federal Communications Commission filing hinted that Google may launch a second generation of its Nest connected home thermostat. Google posted a net income in 2014 of more than $14 billion.

Google is accused of favoring its own services in search results.

That approach was part of a charm offensive.

If CCI finds these allegations to be true, the search giant could face a massive fine of over $1.4 billion, approximately 10 percent of its total earnings in the region. That isn’t much less than Deutsche Bank or ExxonMobil is spending. In its submission to CCI, the company had termed Google’s trade practices related to the AdWords programme as “discriminatory”.

Mehta told BusinessLine: “We are happy the report is in our favour”.

CloudHub reported that Google took Container Engine out of beta and made it generally available to companies looking to run and manage Docker containers on Google’s cloud platform. Do you agree that Google might be guilty in this? I don’t really want Google to be forced to promote inferior offerings. Google good points little at this stage from rolling over, but when it could actually win sufficient advocates on this battle, then later ones are more likely to be considerably simpler.

“We’re now reviewing this report from the CCI’s ongoing investigation”, a Google spokesperson said in a statement.

BecauseFairsearchincludes Microsoft, some in the group have not only seen the moviebut also starred in it: 15 years ago, the maker of Windows tried all the same moves with Europe’s antitrust authorities.

Margrethe Vestager in Brussels over the charges against Google. The first thing is to define the relevant geographical market and prove Google’s position in the said market.

However, Walker argues that the EU has blatantly ignored the fact that Google is not the dominant player in e-commerce and is up against extremely fierce competition from other websites, including Amazon and eBay. One, concerning the Android operating system and its links to Google services, is already in the works, although no official charges have been brought. The General Counsel of the company also added that the SO doesn’t provide a clear legal theory to connect its claims with its proposed remedy. Google says its users like these features, but they weren’t so popular among rival price comparison websites, or those that listed restaurants. Other companies can weigh in as well.