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News Story
1/8/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
Trying to keep pressure on Google, Consumer Watchdog wants to see what exactly the Federal Trade Commission staff said in its investigation of the search business.
Consumer Watchdog, a group that's accused Google of antitrust misconduct, is trying to find out why the FTC's investigation into the subject resulted in only mild punishment....
News Story
1/4/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
Google Inc. (GOOG) is free to extend its dominance of the $50 billion Internet-search market after U.S. regulators ended an investigation into whether the company unfairly disadvantaged competing websites by favoring its own services in search results.
The Federal Trade Commission, after a 20-month antitrust probe, concluded Google was motivated...
News Story
1/4/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
Google emerged from nearly two years of intense federal scrutiny Thursday by convincing the Federal Trade Commission that even though rivals may suffer as the company continually refines its search engine, consumers often win through better, faster, more valuable answers to their queries.
But despite the unanimous FTC decision to close its...
News Story
1/4/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
The U.S. government’s decision not to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google is a major victory for the search giant, which has been under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission for nearly two years. After what FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz described as “an incredibly thorough and careful investigation,” the five...
News Release
1/3/2013
Posted by John M. Simpson
WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Google fails to end its most anticompetitive practice, Consumer Watchdog said today and the public interest group called on the Department of Justice and state attorneys general to press forward to end the Internet giant’s monopolistic behavior in search results....
News Story
1/3/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet search engine, the world's most influential gateway to digital information and commerce.
Thursday's agreement with the Federal Trade Commission covers only some of the...
News Story
1/3/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
Federal regulators concluded Thursday a 19-month probe into Google’s search and patent-licensing practices, and in the end took no action against Google’s search rankings that favor its own products over competitors.
Still, in an accord with the Federal Trade Commission, Google made some concessions. Among other things, the search...
News Story
1/3/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
WASHINGTON — US regulators closed a lengthy antitrust probe into Google on Thursday, saying there was not enough evidence to show the Internet giant manipulated its search results to harm its competitors.
The Federal Trade Commission said it lacked a legal basis to bring a case against Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in Internet...
Blog Post
12/26/2012
Posted by Jamie Court
Can you remember another year when consumers' voices have been heard so loudly?
We're one step closer to fair health insurance rates: Consumer Watchdog Campaign qualified a ballot measure for the next California general election that forces health insurance companies to justify and get permission before raising rates, and also provides...
Blog Post
12/20/2012
Posted by John M. Simpson
Last weekend news broke that the Federal Trade Commission was about to settle its two-year antitrust investigation of Google with what charitably could be termed a slight tap on the wrist. But by Tuesday night the reported holiday gift to the Internet giant was unraveling and the FTC signaled it would keep the investigation going into January.
So...
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