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Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American software engineer, businessman and the current executive chairman of Google.
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The European Union's antitrust chief on Monday ratcheted up the pressure on Google, giving it a matter of weeks to settle an investigation into allegations of anti-competitive behavior and avoid formal charges and a possible fine.
Even if the world's most popular search engine offers concessions to resolve the issue, it will still be under the EU spotlight following fresh complaints over its Android mobile software, the top operating system for Internet-enabled smartphones.The European Commission launched an investigation into Google in November 2010 after competitors, including Microsoft, accused the company of manipulating search results and promoting its own advertising services while demoting rivals'.EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said regulators were as keen as Google to avoid lengthy proceedings due to rapid developments in the technology industry and that if remedies were offered by Google within the coming weeks, the antitrust investigation could be brought to a clo...FBN's Shibani Joshi on the FTC's investigation into Google.
Former Engineering Director at Google and current Partner Development Manager at Microsoft James Whittaker on Tuesday published a lengthy piece explaining why he cho...
ComScore has released its search data for February 2012, and Google continues to lead, gaining 0.2 percentage points over the previous month, up to 66.4% in Februa...
Facebook said it could team up with mobile operators on payments, in an offer that would give them back part of the revenue and influence they have lost in recent ye...
Tech companies have earlier forged an informal agreement that allows them to cap employee's salary through an invisible protocol that prohibits the hiring of workers...
FBN’s Shibani Joshi on Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt ’s efforts to ease concerns over the tech giant’s new privacy policy.
Google on Tuesday announced that it is combining the currently-separate privacy policies for its multitude of online products into one single document to govern them...
Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt , weighs in on the state of the Internet, privacy laws and Europe at the Davos World Economic Forum.
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on the government’s investigation into its privacy policies and push for legislation on intellectual property on the Internet.
FBN’s Diane Macedo breaks down the stories moving the markets ahead of the trading day.
JPMorgan Chase International Chairman Jacob Frenkel weighs in on company's exposure to Europe and regulating the banking system.
You may have already noticed Google's homepage features a large black rectangle "censoring" its colorful logo Wednesday.Google is not shutting down their website lik...
While Mark Zuckerberg understandably gets most of the credit for Facebook's (NASDAQ:FB) storybook success, Sheryl Sandberg deserves a huge assist for helping the soc...
A new report from 9To5Mac suggests that the next major version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 6, will feature an in-house maps application, ending the Cuper...
My Damn Channel CEO Rob Barnett on the dramatic increase in online TV viewership and ads.
Biotechnology company Amgen Inc (AMGN.O) posted a better-than-expected first-quarter profit as product sales increased 8 percent, its tax rate fell and it bought bac...
The chief executives of Silicon Valley giants Google Inc. (GOOG) and Oracle Corp. (ORCL) testified Tuesday in a San Francisco courtroom, as the companies each told a...
Morningstar senior equity analyst Rick Summer previews Google's earnings.
Google Inc's chief executive said the company's fledgling social network, Google+, has scored more than 100 million active users, and he reiterated the Internet sear...
