A Victory for Google as F.T.C. Takes No Formal Steps - NYTimes.com
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By EDWARD WYATT Published: January 3, 2013 66 Comments
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday handed Google a major victory by declaring, after an investigation of nearly two years, that the company had not violated antitrust or anticompetition statutes in the way it arranges its Web search results.
By allowing Google to continue to present search results that highlight its own services, the F.T.C. decision could enable Google to further strengthen its already dominant position on the Internet.