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Google is on the verge of settling its differences with the commission on web searches (Photo: Tambako the Jaguar)

Google on brink of EU settlement

Google is on the brink of ending a three-year competition battle with the European Commission, after the EU executive indicated it is ready to accept its latest offer to change the way it runs web searches.

In November 2010, the EU executive launched an investigation into claims that the search engine firm used its 95 percent market share in Europe to distort internet search results by putting links to its own products and services at the top.

The EU's competition case has also fo...

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