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The European Commission will assess the risks of four critical technologies, including semiconductors and artificial intelligence, being weaponised by countries not aligned with its values and will take measures next year to tackle the issue, an EU official said on Monday. The move by the EU executive is part of the European Union's economic security strategy announced in June and echoes similar measures taken by the United States, Australia and other countries concerned about China's...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amazon has won court backing for now in its fight against EU tech rules that label it as a very large online plat...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Edwards Lifesciences was raided by EU antitrust regulators at one of its facilities in an EU country a week ago, t...

European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova on Tuesday urged Alphabet's Google, Microsoft, Meta Platforms and TikTok to do more to tackle what she called Russia's "multi-million euro weapon of mass manipulation" ahead of elections in Europe. Concerns have mounted in recent months about a spate of disinformation related to parliamentary elections in Slovakia on Sept. 30 and Poland next month as well as European Parliament elections next year.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Edwards Lifesciences was raided by EU antitrust regulators at one of its facilities in an EU country a week ago, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The European Commission on Sept. 19 said it raided a cardiovascular medical device company in an EU country on concerns that it may have abused its market power in breach of the bloc's antitrust rules. Edwards Lifesciences, which says it is a global leader in making medical products for ...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Edwards Lifesciences is working with EU antitrust regulators after they raided one of its facilities in an EU country a ...

Agreements between companies not to hire each other's employees have recently attracted regulatory scrutiny, a senior EU antitrust official said on Friday, amid concerns that such practices may unlawfully restrict workers' job opportunities. The U.S. Justice Department has in recent years stepped up enforcement over no-poach and non-solicitation agreements, with individuals launching litigation. That could soon change, said Olivier Guersent, director general at the European Commissi...

Agreements between companies not to hire each others employees have recently attracted regulatory scrutiny, a senior EU antitrust official said on Friday, amid concerns that such practices may... -September 22, 2023 at 01:39 pm EDT - MarketScreener

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday made a last ditch effort at Europe's top court to overturn a 2.42 billion euro ($2.6 billion) EU antitrust fine imposed for market abuse related to its shopping service, saying that regulators failed to show that its practices were anti-competitive. Google turned to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) after the General Court in 2021 threw out its challenge to the fine levied by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager in 2017. It was the first ...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Hitachi has offered remedies in a bid to secure EU antitrust approval for its proposed acquisition of French infra...