Google just made a big step forward doing what fellow U.S. tech giant Microsoft never managed—escape fines of hundreds of million of euros from Europe’s trustbusters.

Dating as far back as the mid-1990s, Microsoft’s wrangles with Brussels have helped define both the power and credibility of Europe’s antitrust authority. They also shaped the legacy of two previous European Union competition commissioners, Mario Monti and Neelie Kroes. Read More »