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JPMorgan Chase warns that the current financial crisis in Russia might be similar or even greater in consequences than the 1998 crisis, when Russia defaulted on its obligations.
2022-03-4

France's "Autorité de la concurrence" fines Google a record €500M ($593M) for breaching an April 2020 ruling that ordered the company to negotiate "in good faith" licensing deals with publishers and news agencies for any re-use of copyrighted content. The fine amounts to about 1.1% of the company's yearly profits.
2021-07-13

Apple Inc. and Google remove TikTok from their app stores in India after a high court in Madras ruled the app could expose children to sexual content and cyberbullying.
2019-04-16

The organizers of the Google Lunar X Prize announce that the $20 million grand prize for a commercial lunar lander will expire on 31 March 2018 without a winner because none of its five finalist teams would be able to launch a mission before the deadline.
2018-01-23

In Germany, a Hamburg court fines Google €145,000 for violating privacy laws with its Street View service.
2013-04-22

New research reveals Apple and Google are running their iPhone and Android software to build gigantic databases from owners' movements as governments move to investigate.
2011-04-22

Google and Twitter team up to build a voice-to-tweet system to allow Egyptians to tweet despite the closure of Internet and mobile phone systems.
2011-02-1

After the Egyptian government censorship of social media websites (such as Twitter, Facebook and Google), internet access and SMS networks are cut off in response to anti-government protests.
2011-01-28

The European Commission launches an anti-trust investigation of Google.
2010-11-30

China says Google is "totally wrong" to stop censoring its search results.
2010-03-23