France fines Google 500 mln euros over copyright row
PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) – France’s antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday for failing to comply with the regulator’s orders on how to conduct talks with the country’s news publishers in a row over copyright. The fine comes amid increasing international pressure on online platforms such as […]
Google to fight EU antitrust fine at court hearing from Sept. 27 – sources
Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google will seek to overturn a record 4.34-billion-euro ($5.15 billion) EU antitrust fine at a five-day hearing in September at Europe’s second-highest court, people familiar with the matter said.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says govt reduced environmental fines for ‘peace and tranquility’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that his government had opted to reduce the number of environmental fines handed out to ranchers in order to bring “peace and tranquility” to the countryside. Environmental specialists have attributed a reduction in environmental fines in Brazil in recent years to the diminished capacity of federal environmental regulator […]
