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It is a record penalty. $5 billion. european commission says google broke the law of installing the google search and chrome apps as a condition of licensing. the eu commissioner for competition says that is not allowed. >> in this way, google has used android as a vehicle to cement dominance as a search engine. this practice has denied rivals a chance to innovate and compete on the merits. they denied european consumers the benefit of effective competition in the very important mobile atmospher...

Resigning. he said people should not interpret his low-key manner for being spineless. breaking news. british police identified two suspects in the poisoning of the former russian spy. a source says investigators have been combing through months of video footage at the airport in salisbury. two individuals not previously known as spies by using facial recognition technology. police have not revealed their names. sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned in march. they are back home now and...

Police have not revealed their names. sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned in parmarch. we will continue to update that throughout the program. ahead, a move that could reshape the mobile phone industry. why google may have to rethink the android business model. next.

For breaching e.u. antitrust rules. google has engaged in illegal practices to cement market precision in internet search. >> martha: what you think? >> just remarkable. first of all, its just an absurd decision. google requires people that use googles operating system, android, which is offers for free, we dont pay for android, its free because of licensing deals like this, that they have to load a suite of google products onto the phone. it does not bar manufacturers loading other apps onto it...

No one is preventing anyone from using other operating systems. if there is collusion here. its absurd, what they are doing, the reason we have android for free and whites the most popular operating system is because it subsidized in this way because google gets to promote its products. its not blocking anyone else to using other products. its anticompetitive, this is effectively a tariff that they are imposing to the back channel to get back at the united states. he is right end. >> martha: an ...

Wsb and in miami as a fourth body is found the day after two planes collided over the everglades. it was discovered by fire rescue crews. the search has been going on since tuesday afternoon when the faa says two small aircraft crashed into each other. box 29 in philadelphia as pennsylvanias highest court upholds the citys tax on soda and other sweetened drinks, rejecting a challenge by murphree merchants and beverage industry. they ruled the $0.1.5 per ounce levy is aimed at distributors and de...

20% is a huge deal for business. and thats why youve actually seen animal spirits businesses investing in their people and r & d and that will likely continue if we see a further cut. >> sandra: it will be fascinating to watch. possible tax reform 2.0. vote coming in september and then this news. google has been find $5 billion from the e.u. and told to alter the android model. they say theyve used it as a dominance of its search engine. >> sandra: i dont know if its using it as dominance to get...

Operating systems, android systems on the phone going as far as paying some smartphone makers to put certain apps like chrome and the play app on the phone so when you are sifting through their phone youre using a google interface. if you dont want to use that you have to go on your phone and opt out like we were discussing and switch to another. google has the full monopoly over the market and there are two sides to the story in the sense that some -- the business side is that oh, theyre going ...

Rated pg-13. google is being slapped with a record breaking $5 billion fine. european union regulators say they abused the dominant of its android smart phone operating system giving it an unfair advantage over rooeivals. its ordered to change the practices within 90 days or face more charges. google can well afford to pay. parent company generated $5 billion every 16 days. joining me now, what is google accused of doing? >> it has to do with googles massive hold on the smart phone market. pu ...

Them to pre instale googl googl. it says they violated competition rules by paying phone makers to pre install google search on the devices and preventing them from selling others that run fourth versions of android. we should mention its not the first time the eu has come head to head with google. you may remember last year they slapped a penalty. >> google -- >> investigating -- google said its going to appeal this ruling anltsz t and the ceo hinted it may be the eds of free distribution. what...