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Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google, announces that it has settled an antitrust suit with the French "Autorité de la concurrence" with a payment of €220m (US$270 million). The settlement amounts to less than 0.7% of Alphabet Inc.'s yearly earnings.
2021-06-7

Google purchases activity tracker company Fitbit for US$2.1 billion, in an attempt to break into the digital health and smartwatch markets.
2019-11-1

Boeing announces each relative of victims of two air disasters will be paid US$144,500 by the aircraft manufacturer, and will not have to waive their right to litigate to receive the money.
2019-09-23

Google agrees to pay a record US$170 million penalty to settle accusations that YouTube broke the law when it knowingly tracked and sold advertisements to children, the Federal Trade Commission says.
2019-09-4

Google announces that it will invest US$550 million in the Chinese e-commerce company JD.com.
2018-06-18

A Chinese court sentences Zhang Zhongsheng, the former Vice Mayor of Lüliang, Shanxi, to death. Zhongsheng was convicted of accepting bribes totaling 1.04 billion yuan (US$160 million).
2018-03-28

U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on US$60 billion of Chinese goods, while also limiting China's ability to invest in the U.S. technology industry.
2018-03-22

Indonesian authorities reveal that the crashed plane was transporting US$470,000 in cash for the poor.
2015-08-17

Chinese technology company Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $3 billion to create its own mobile device unit.
2014-01-30

China denies it is disrupting access to Google's email service in the country.
2011-03-22