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Google's EU showdown offers openings to competitors

Whether or not the EU succeeds in branding Google a market-abusing monopolist in web search – a big if, given that the competition authority has yet to publish its exact charges – the Internet giant could be pinned down for years to come in regulatory procedures and legal appeals. A drawn-out process is likely to embolden existing and would-be interlopers to step up assaults on Google’s wide range of businesses,