Regulators eye Google in Argentina, South Korea

Google has been forced by regulators in the US to agree to legally binding changes to the way it presents some search results and runs its search advertising following nearly two years of investigation. But the internet search engine was exonerated of bias to push down competitors in its search results, leaving it untroubled by any government threat.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will nominate former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said on Thursday, showing a desire to have a tough cop policing Wall Street. White, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who was known for prosecuting terrorists and mob figures, would become the third consecutive woman to hold the powerful post. She would succeed current SEC Chairman Elisse Walter, who took over in December after predecessor Mary Schapiro stepped down.

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The US Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it had filed suit against Intel, accusing the world's biggest computer chipmaker of illegally using its dominant market position to stifle competition.The FTC alleged that Intel has waged a systematic campaign to shut out competing microchips produced by rivals by cutting off their access to the marketplace."Intel has engaged in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly," said Richard Feinstein, director of the FTC?s Bureau of Competition.

The US Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it had filed suit against Intel, accusing the world's biggest computer chipmaker of illegally using its dominant market position to stifle competition.The FTC alleged that Intel has waged a systematic campaign for a decade to shut out competing microchips produced by rivals by cutting off their access to the marketplace."Intel has engaged in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly," said Richard Feinstein, director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition.

Google confirmed on Friday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun a review of the Internet giant's lucrative search and advertising business."Yesterday, we received formal notification from the US Federal Trade Commission that it has begun a review of our business," Google said."We respect the FTC's process and will be working with them (as we have with other agencies) over the coming months to answer questions about Google and our services," Google said in a blog post.