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• Reports: FTC examining Google's display ads

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reportedly launched an investigation into Google's display ad business amid complaints from rivals that the company is abusing its power in how it sells online-graphical and video ads.

• Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit

  Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.

• In e-book case, Apple says publishers had already taken measures to counter Amazon

  Concerned about Amazon.com's low pricing of e-books, publishers had taken measures as early as 2009 such as "windowing," a practice of delaying e-book releases to benefit sales of hardcover editions, Apple said in a filing in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit.

• Google rival Foundem urges EU to reject remedies

  A Google competitor that filed a complaint against the search giant said on Tuesday that the company's proposals to address the European Commission's antitrust concerns do no such thing.

• AU Optronics executive sentenced for LCD price-fixing

  A former executive with AU Optronics was sentenced Monday to serve two years in prison and pay a US$50,000 fine for participating in a worldwide LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

• EU publishes Google antitrust remedy proposals

  Google's rivals have been given one month to assess the search giant's proposed remedies, the European Commission announced Thursday.

• EU details concerns about alleged smartcard chip cartel

  The European Commission announced on Monday that it has launched an investigation into a group of chip suppliers who are suspected breaking the European Union's antitrust laws by operating a cartel.

• EU's proposed Google antitrust settlement angers search rivals

  Complainants in the European Union's antitrust case against Google said Monday that the company's proposed remedies could be worse than the current situation.

• Tech workers anti-poaching suit fails to get class action status for now

  A court in California declined to certify as class action a lawsuit by workers alleging an illegal cartel formed by seven technology companies including Apple, Google and Intel.

• Spanish Linux user group files European antitrust complaint against Microsoft

  Spanish Linux user group Hispalinux on Tuesday filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft over the use of the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot feature in Windows 8 PCs.

• EC pressed to charge Google in antitrust case

  Eleven complainants sent an open letter to European Union's Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia urging him to formally charge Google with breaching competition law.

• Report: EU will announce Microsoft antitrust fine Wednesday

  The European Commission is expected to announce an antitrust fine on Microsoft on Wednesday.

• Google's Page, Brin and Schmidt to testify in employee antritrust case

  Google's famed "triumvirate" -- Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt -- will give oral statements over the coming weeks as part of a private antitrust suit brought against Google and six other technology companies by former employees.

• European Commission says it has received Google's proposal to settle antitrust case

  The European Commission has received Google's proposal to settle an antitrust investigation into the search engine's practices, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. But one industry organization said it has filed another antitrust complaint against Google with the Commission.

• Google submits settlement proposal in EU antitrust case, report says

  Google has declined to confirm a report that it narrowly met its deadline for submitting a response to the European Commission over its antitrust concerns about the company.