Reports: FTC to Close Google Probe Thursday
No enforcement action, just promises
Microsoft and other Google competitors won't be happy that the Federal Trade Commission is set to close its two-year antitrust investigation into Google without taking enforcement against the search engine giant.
According to a number of reports, the FTC will announce the details on Thursday, which essentially add up to Google making voluntary concessions to the regulator.
A Bloomberg Businessweek article cites sources within the FTC saying that Google has agreed to change some anticompetitive business practices to settle charges that it misused patents.
The FTC will also close its investigation into whether Google's search results favor its own services over its competitors, bringing no enforcement action against the Internet giant.
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