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By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM, July 1 (Reuters) - A Swedish court on Wednesday ordered Alphabet's Google to pay about $1.5 billion in damages to PriceRunner, the price comparison business owned by
A Swedish court determines the Alphabet-owned tech giant favored its own shopping service in search results.
The Patent and Market Court in Stockholm ruled Google unlawfully favored its own shopping comparison service, though the award fell well short of what PriceRunner sought
Watchdog says company restricted app store competition.
A Swedish court ordered Alphabet’s Google to pay Klarna $1.97 billion in damages after the buy now, pay later company won an antitrust case alleging that the search giant engaged in anticompetitive practices. Klarna’s price-comparison unit, PriceRunner, sued Google in 2022 in Swedish court. PriceRunner alleged Google was giving preferential treatment to its own price-comparison service in its search results.
A Swedish court on Wednesday ruled that Google-parent Alphabet abused its internet search-related market power in comparison shopping services versus Klarna Group's Pricerunner unit. Google was ordered to pay Klarna nearly $2 billion in damages. Klarna stock popped on the news.
Investing.com -- Klarna Group (NYSE:KLAR) shares jumped 6% on Wednesday following a massive legal victory over Alphabet’s tech monopoly. A Swedish court ruled in favor of Klarna’s subsidiary, PriceRunner, awarding the company a staggering $1.97 billion in antitrust damages. The high-stakes judgment caps off a fierce battle over online shopping dominance, with the court finding that Google illegally choked out competition by manipulating search results to favor its own comparison-shopping service
(Updated with a response from a Google spokesperson in the sixth paragraph.) Alphabet's (GOOGL, G
STOCKHOLM, July 1 (Reuters) - A Swedish court said on Wednesday Alphabet's Google is to pay the equivalent of around 14.3 billion Swedish crowns ($1.5 billion) in antitrust damages to Klarna's price
A Swedish court on Wednesday ordered Alphabet's Google to pay about $1.5 billion in antitrust damages to PriceRunner, the price comparison business owned by payments platform Klarna. The award, equivalent to around 14.3 billion Swedish crowns, comes amid growing scrutiny of U.S. Big Tech companies in Europe. It is the largest award by a Swedish court in a competition case, though well below the 78 billion crowns PriceRunner had sought, including accrued interest.
Paramount Skydance (PSKY) has reportedly offered concessions to address European Union competition c
Alphabet's (GOOGL, GOOG) Google is facing a South Korean investigation for allegedly abusing its dom
Express Scripts, Caremark and Optum Rx sued the FTC after the agency accused them of driving up the cost of insulin. But the countersuit is being put to bed now that the PBMs are settling with regulators.
Uber’s business depends on a simple but fragile exchange of trust. A customer opens an app, confirms a name and license plate, and gets into a stranger’s car. This routine has become normal for millions of riders heading to airports, restaurants, offices, hotels, concerts, and home after nights ...
Transmission problem affects SUVs and F-150 pickups.
June 30 () - Airbnb must face a lawsuit by the city of Los Angeles, which accused the home rental company of allowing price gouging affecting more than 2,600 properties during the January 2025 wildfires in southern California, City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Chris Reese).
Disney's $50 million class action settlement pays YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream subscribers who had plans between April 2019 and March 2026.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear Apple's bid to escape being found in contempt in its legal fight with "Fortnite" maker Epic Games after the iPhone maker was deemed in violation of a judicial order mandating sweeping changes to its lucrative App Store in the antitrust litigation. The justices took up Apple's appeal of a lower court's ruling upholding a decision by Oakland, California-based U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers finding Apple in contempt in Epic's 2020 lawsuit contesting App Store fees. The Supreme Court is expected to hear the case in its next term, which begins in October.
Artificial intelligence has created shortages across nearly every part of the semiconductor supply chain. GPUs have received most of the attention, but memory chips have quietly become just as critical. Every advanced AI accelerator depends on high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and manufacturers are struggling to keep pace. Even after investing billions of dollars to expand production, ... Micron Hit With Price-Fixing Lawsuit: Real Collusion or Simple Supply and Demand?
YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream subscribers from April 2019 through March 2026 can file claims by Sept. 8
(Updates with the company's response in the fourth paragraph.) Super Micro Computer (SMCI) is coo
The recall covers a transmission issue that could cause vehicles to roll away.
June 30 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U. lawmakers has opened national security investigations into whether drugmakers Merck and AbbVie have been involved in clinical trials conducted in China that helped fuel the communist country's military capability, according to letters seen by Reuters.
A US antitrust suit accuses Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron of inflating DRAM prices days before their $650 billion AI push.
<body><p>STORY: Apple accused India’s antitrust watchdog of "copy-pasting" rivals' claims in the latest escalation of their ongoing fight. </p><p>Regulatory papers reviewed by Reuters showed that Apple said the body failed to conduct its own probe after it concluded the tech giant breached competition laws.</p><p>Apple has called for the findings to be quashed. </p><p>It marks the sharpest move yet in Apple's conflict with the Competition Commission of India (CCI)...</p><p>Where Tinder-owner Match and Indian firms like Paytm are among its opponents.</p><p>In 2024, India’s watchdog published a report saying Apple engaged in "abusive conduct" on the apps platform of its iOS operating system...</p><p>And that Apple wrongly mandated the use of its payment system.</p><p>Apple has denied the allegations. </p><p>The tech giant instead branded itself a “miniscule player” in India with a sub-6% share of India's smartphone market.</p><p>And said that any forced alterations to its App Store could disrupt its integrated business model.</p><p>Similar arguments by other big companies, like Alphabet’s Google in 2023, have failed to sway the watchdog.</p><p>The CCI and its head of investigations] did not respond to Reuters queries.</p><p> Apple also did not respond to requests for comment.</p></body>
(Updates with DOJ's response in the fifth and sixth paragraphs.) Abbott Laboratories (ABT) will n
Seventeen plaintiffs allege the chipmakers coordinated a shift to HBM production to artificially restrict commodity DRAM supply and drive up prices
The European Commission has issued a preliminary decision to classify Microsoft Azure as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act, signaling new potential obligations for the cloud platform in the EU. Italy's antitrust regulator has opened an investigation into Microsoft 365, focusing on how Copilot and Designer are integrated, how price changes are communicated, and the handling of customer migrations to higher priced plans. Both actions highlight growing regulatory attention on...
Apple (AAPL) has accused the Competition Commission of India of copying rivals' claims and failing t
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, June 29 (Reuters) - Apple has accused Indian antitrust investigators of "copy-pasting" its rivals' claims and failing to properly conduct its own investigation in concluding
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