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“Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition?” [with Transcript]
Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt was on the hot seat today, facing panel of senators demanding to know if Google abused its position as the leading search engine to give unfair prominence to its own businesses, particularly in a areas like shopping, travel services, stock quotes, and maps and driving directions. The complete text of Schmidt's statement is available below. The hearing before the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee appeared on the schedule as, “The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition?”
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