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Google scores rare legal win as 1.49bn euro fine scrapped


The firm is under pressure worldwide over the dominance of its search and ad-tech businesses.

The bloc accused Google of abusing its market dominance by restricting third-party rivals from displaying search ads between 2006 and 2016. While Europe's second-top court upheld much of the European Commission's findings, it chose to annul the fine. It comes a week after the EU's highest court upheld a 2.42bn euro fine against Google over its shopping service.

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