By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and a coalition of state attorneys general on Tuesday will begin a blockbuster antitrust ...
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Google has grabbed a 90% market share in search in the U.S. in recent years, according to government estimates. The government said the browser agreements — steering billions of web queries to Google every day — have resulted in less choice for consumers and less innovation.Google sees things much differently.
It's generally not illegal for a business to make an arrangement with one customer that excludes others. Such exclusive deals indeed are common, and they don't garner much regulatory scrutiny when a company lacking market power can't meaningfully affect competition. Such an order could have significant business implications for Google. For example, the government said in its lawsuit that the court could break up the company as a fix.
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