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EU says its Google case not affected by U.S. ruling Jan 4th 2013, 12:41 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News U.S. ends long Google probe with only mild reprimand 5:33am EST EU charges Samsung with abusing vital telecoms patent Fri, Dec 21 2012 European Commission wades into global tech patents war Thu, Dec 20 2012 EU's Almunia sets deadline for Google antitrust plan Tue, Dec 18 2012 Google, U.S. regulators close to deal in patents dispute: sources Tue, Dec 11 2012 Analysis & Opinion Judge in gargantuan Google privacy class action: No harm, no case Three tech predictions for 2013 Related Topics Investing and Taxes Simplified » Tech » People walk past a logo next to the main entrance of the Google building in Zurich March 9, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann BRUSSELS | Fri Jan 4, 2013 7:41am EST BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether Google Inc hurt rivals by manipulating internet searches will not affect the European Union's examination of the company. "We have taken note of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) decision, but we don't see that it has any direct implications for our investigation, for our discussions with Google, which are ongoing," said Michael Jennings, a spokesman for the European Commission, the EU executive. U.S. regulators on Thursday ended their investigation into the giant internet company, which runs the world's most popular search engine. Other internet companies, such as Microsoft Corp, had complained about Google tweaking its search results to give prominence to its own products. But the FTC said there was not enough evidence to pursue a big search-bias case. The European Commission has for the past two years been investigating complaints against Google, including claims that it unfairly favored its own services in its search results. Google presented informal settlement proposals to the Commission in July. On December 18 the Commission gave the company a month to come up with detailed proposals to resolve the investigation. If it fails to address the complaints and is found guilty, Google could eventually be fined up to 10 percent of its revenue - a fine of up to $4 billion. (Reporting By Ethan Bilby; Editing by Sebastian Moffett and David Goodman) Investing and Taxes Simplified Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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