European Union Competition Regulator

The European Union's competition regulator said Tuesday it was looking into Microsoft's investment into ChatGPT developer OpenAI to see if it merits further investigation under the bloc's merger rules.

EU antitrust regulators will decide by August 7 whether to clear Adobe's $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,63,900 crore) bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma after a preliminary review, according to a European Commission filing on Monday.

The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence legislation would jeopardise Europe's competitiveness and technological sovereignty, according to an open letter signed by more than 160 executives at companies ranging from Renault to Meta.

The EU antitrust regulators have charged Alphabet's Google with anti-competitive practices in its digital advertising business. The tech giant may have to sell part of this business to address their concerns. The European Commission set out its charges in a statement of objections, two years after it opened an investigation into the case.

EU competition regulators appealed to the bloc's highest court on Tuesday to override a lower tribunal and make Apple pay a record EUR 13 billion ($14.3 billion or roughly Rs. 1,18,450 crore) in Irish back taxes. The case, which has far-reaching implications for corporate tax bills, is the most high-profile of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager'...

The EU on Monday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard, just weeks after the British competition regulator blocked the deal, putting it at risk.

Apple is facing a proposed class action suit after the Cupertino company was sued on Monday by payment card issuers. The iPhone maker has been accused of abusing its market power to stifle competition for its Apple Pay digital payments wallet. Apple already faces a possible heavy fine from European Union regulators over its refusal to give payment ...

Microsoft, which had been fined a total 1.6 billion euros ($1.7 billion) by EU antitrust regulators in the previous decade, will address competition complaints about its cloud computing services, its president Brad Smith said on Wednesday.

European Union regulators have approved Facebook-parent Meta's purchase of customer service startup Kustomer, after the social network made concessions to ease concerns the deal would squeeze out rivals.

Representatives from EU countries have agreed that the European Commission will be the sole enforcer of new tech rules, with a limited role for national antitrust watchdogs instead of the wider powers sought for them, officials said.

Google has criticised European Union (EU) antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe's second-highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro ($5.1 billion) fine related to its Android OS.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has signalled competition concerns over Nvidia's planned purchase of Arm, as per a report citing multiple sources.

Nvidia is likely to seek EU antitrust approval for its $54 billion (roughly Rs. 3,97,240 crores) takeover of British chip designer Arm early next month, with regulators expected to launch a full-scale investigation after a preliminary review, people familiar with the matter said.

European Union (EU) antitrust regulators have extended their investigation into Google's fitness tracker maker Fitbit to December 23, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of two EU antitrust investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay as regulators said its terms and conditions and restrictions may violate the bloc's competition rules.

The European Union's competition regulator said Tuesday it was looking into Microsoft's investment into ChatGPT developer OpenAI to see if it merits further investigation under the bloc's merger rules.

EU antitrust regulators will decide by August 7 whether to clear Adobe's $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,63,900 crore) bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma after a preliminary review, according to a European Commission filing on Monday.

The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence legislation would jeopardise Europe's competitiveness and technological sovereignty, according to an open letter signed by more than 160 executives at companies ranging from Renault to Meta.

The EU antitrust regulators have charged Alphabet's Google with anti-competitive practices in its digital advertising business. The tech giant may have to sell part of this business to address their concerns. The European Commission set out its charges in a statement of objections, two years after it opened an investigation into the case.

EU competition regulators appealed to the bloc's highest court on Tuesday to override a lower tribunal and make Apple pay a record EUR 13 billion ($14.3 billion or roughly Rs. 1,18,450 crore) in Irish back taxes. The case, which has far-reaching implications for corporate tax bills, is the most high-profile of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager'...

The EU on Monday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard, just weeks after the British competition regulator blocked the deal, putting it at risk.

Apple is facing a proposed class action suit after the Cupertino company was sued on Monday by payment card issuers. The iPhone maker has been accused of abusing its market power to stifle competition for its Apple Pay digital payments wallet. Apple already faces a possible heavy fine from European Union regulators over its refusal to give payment ...

Microsoft, which had been fined a total 1.6 billion euros ($1.7 billion) by EU antitrust regulators in the previous decade, will address competition complaints about its cloud computing services, its president Brad Smith said on Wednesday.

European Union regulators have approved Facebook-parent Meta's purchase of customer service startup Kustomer, after the social network made concessions to ease concerns the deal would squeeze out rivals.

Representatives from EU countries have agreed that the European Commission will be the sole enforcer of new tech rules, with a limited role for national antitrust watchdogs instead of the wider powers sought for them, officials said.

Google has criticised European Union (EU) antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe's second-highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro ($5.1 billion) fine related to its Android OS.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has signalled competition concerns over Nvidia's planned purchase of Arm, as per a report citing multiple sources.

Nvidia is likely to seek EU antitrust approval for its $54 billion (roughly Rs. 3,97,240 crores) takeover of British chip designer Arm early next month, with regulators expected to launch a full-scale investigation after a preliminary review, people familiar with the matter said.

European Union (EU) antitrust regulators have extended their investigation into Google's fitness tracker maker Fitbit to December 23, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of two EU antitrust investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay as regulators said its terms and conditions and restrictions may violate the bloc's competition rules.