India's antitrust enforcer has for a second time within a week accused Google of abusing its dominance, this time fining the tech giant 940 crore Indian rupees ($114 million) over its Play Store policies, and it ordered Google to make some changes, including allowing the use of third-party payment systems.
European enforcers said Tuesday they approved Philip Morris International's planned $15.8 billion bid to purchase tobacco and nicotine products maker Swedish Match AB after the companies agreed to unload a Swedish distribution unit.
The U.S. Department of Justice recently dropped the last remaining charges stemming from its investigation into an alleged price-fixing conspiracy among the nation's largest chicken producers, conceding the final round of a disappointing fight for antitrust enforcers.
The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped the last pending case stemming from its beleaguered price-fixing investigation in the chicken industry after a Colorado federal judge excluded much of the evidence against a pair of former Pilgrim's Pride executives.
State attorneys general and others alleging that Google's Play Store policies violate antitrust law have asked a California federal court to sanction the tech giant, contending that it failed to preserve communications between its employees during the litigation.