EU antitrust regulators receive new plan from Google in search results row

European Union antitrust regulators have received new proposals from Google as it tries to avoid a huge fine and to settle a three-year row over how it presents search results.The EU competition chief, Joaquín Almunia, said at the weekend that he would decide on the proposals in the coming months, but would probably put it to “market testing”, in which rivals would get a say on its approval or rejection.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/09/eu-google-search-antitrust-regulatorsAlso see:Google Makes New Offer to Settle Its European Union Antitrust Case
Google made a second try last week to settle a three-year-old antitrust case with the European Union, officials said. Neither side released details of the offer, however, and rivals continued to call for the American technology company to cede more control of its Internet search and advertising business.The latest offer by Google was acknowledged in Italy on Sunday by Joaquín Almunia, the European Union’s competition commissioner. Mr. Almunia has been seeking a settlement with the company since the early stages of the case, which formally began in 2010. The case revolves around claims that Google has abused its dominance in the Internet search and advertising field by, among other things, favoring its own products and services in search results. Google powers 90 percent of searches in many European markets; its share in the United States is closer to 70 percent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/technology/google-makes-new-offer-in-european-antitrust-case.html