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US advocacy group lobbies European Commission to block Google's Motorola buyout

article published on 23 January, 2012

US based Consumer Watchdog is lobbying EU regulators to block Google's proposed buyout of Motorola Mobility. Consumer Watchdog is a nonprofit advocacy group who investigates allegations of corporate misconduct and corruption. They have been engaged in a campaign against Google over their data collection and search practices for several years. In a letter to the European Commission, ... [ read the full article ]

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Notcow
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_ 		23. January 2012 @ 18:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The more Google owns, the better. Hope the merger goes well.
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defgod
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_ 		23. January 2012 @ 18:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They are startin to treat Google like Micro$oft back in the day. I just hope Google doesn't end up as retarded as Micro$oft has become.
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Interestx
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_ 		24. January 2012 @ 14:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
We do no need corporate goliaths.
We've just experienced what 'too big to fail' means (and cost us).

There ought to be a competition law which foreces the break up of all companies once they get to a certain size & level of turn-over/profit.

Otherwise we the consumer citizens will continue to come a very distant 2nd to the corporations in this world & our political institutions will continue to be corrupted by the overwhelming corrosive power of big money.
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