EU fines Google $3.5B in ad-tech antitrust case

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European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favouring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company as well as a retreat from previous threats to break up the tech giant. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive branch and top