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Google faces pressure from FTC to settle in antitrust case

Google faces pressure from FTC to settle in antitrust case

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The chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission has given Google an ultimatum to settle an antitrust investigation in the next few days or face a lawsuit, reports Bloomberg. The news agency, citing anonymous sources, reported that FTC chairman Jonathan Leibowitz has been in talks with the Internet giant for two weeks and is pushing the firm to resolve antitrust issues in the next few days or the US agency has threatened to file an official complaint. Google has yet to...



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