From the article: "Europe may be a financial disaster and a faded military force,
but in at least one arena it has emerged as champ: Regulators here are
challenging the power of America’s technology titans. And they are winning.
Google is most
squarely in the crosshairs as its officials negotiate furiously in hopes of
avoiding a $4 billion fine and a formal ruling that it has abused its dominance
in the search market to hurt rivals across a range of industries. A deal could
be days away.
Facebook, Apple
and Microsoft also have faced serious scrutiny from European regulators in the
past year. And even if Google succeeds in settling the sprawling antitrust case
here, it is facing investigations into its new privacy policy and its popular
Android operating system for phones and tablets." Read more