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EU: Vestager considers third antitrust case against Google

By  |  May 15, 2016

European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager may open a third front in her battle with Google as she studies whether to escalate a probe into the Internet search giant’s advertising services.

Vestager, who has already sent complaints to the company over its Android mobile-phone software and shopping service, said she wants to reach a decision on the latest case within a “reasonable time frame.”

“I hope that we can end that or come to a preliminary conclusion,” Vestager said of the probe into Google’s AdWords service. The investigation is separate from the other cases and “has its own rhythm,” she said at an event in Brussels on Friday.

The Dane, who recently turned 48, hit the headlines when she sent Google an antitrust charge sheet last year. She took another swipe last month, accusing the company of wielding its power as the world’s leading phone software supplier to impose its search and Web programs on billions of mobile users.

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