LONDON, July 31 — The dominant position of Amazon and Microsoft in cloud computing is harming competition, with their impact exacerbated by technical and commercial barriers to switching, according to an inquiry group from the United Kingdom's (UK) antitrust regulator.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) has imposed a penalty of RM2.98 million on three companies involved in a bid-rigging cartel for maintenance work tenders.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, June 1 — Alphabet’s Google yesterday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition than the 10-year regime suggested by antitrust enforcers.

BRUSSELS, May 16 — Microsoft has offered to sell its Office product without Teams at a lower price than Office with Teams, as well as offer rivals better interoperability access to its services and products, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, May 8 — United States (US)-listed ride-hailing and food delivery company Grab is looking to strike a deal to take over smaller Indonesian rival GoTo in the second quarter, said two sources with knowledge of the matter.

LONDON, April 16 — Alphabet’s Google is being sued in Britain for potential damages of up to £5 billion (RM  billion) in a class action alleging the company abused its dominant market position in the online search industry.

BRUSSELS, March 19 — Apple was ordered by European Union antitrust regulators today to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals, with the latter spelling out details on how to go about it in line with the bloc’s landmark rules and where non-compliance could lead to an investigation and fines.

JAKARTA, Jan 22 — Indonesia's antitrust agency has ordered Google to pay fines of about 202 billion rupiah (RM55.2 million) for unfair business practices related to its payment system services for Google Play Store, its software distribution platform.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) imposed RM415.5 million in financial penalties on five major chicken producers in Malaysia last year, said Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali.

TAIPEI, Dec 25 — Taiwan has blocked Uber Technologies' US$950 million (RM4.26 billion) purchase of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda business on the island because of concerns it would be anti-competitive, the country's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said today.

NEW DELHI, Dec 12 —Samsung has accused India's competition watchdog of unlawfully detaining its employees and seizing data in a raid carried out in connection with an antitrust investigation on Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart, a legal filing shows.

LONDON, Dec 3 — Microsoft is facing legal action in the United Kingdom over a claim that thousands of businesses using cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba could be paying higher licence fees to use Windows Server software.

NEW YORK, Oct 9 — The United States said yesterday it may ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to divest parts of its business, such as its Chrome browser and Android operating system, that it says are used to maintain an illegal monopoly in online search.

NEW DELHI, Sept 14 — Samsung, Xiaomi and other smartphone companies colluded with Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart to exclusively launch products on the e-commerce firms' Indian websites in breach of the country's antitrust laws, according to regulatory reports seen by Reuters.

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 — A United States judge ruled yesterday that Google has violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and become the world’s default search engine, the first big win for federal authorities taking on Big Tech’s market dominance.

JAKARTA, June 26 — E-commerce firm Shopee said today it agreed to make changes to its services in Indonesia after the country’s antitrust agency said the platform had admitted to violating anti-monopoly rules.

JAKARTA, June 26 — Indonesia’s antitrust agency today said in a statement that e-commerce firm Shopee had admitted to violating a monopoly rule for its courier service in Indonesia.

BRUSSELS, March 26 — Apple, Alphabet's Google, and Meta Platforms will be investigated for potential breaches of the European Union's (EU) new Digital Markets Act, said European antitrust regulators yesterday, which could potentially lead to hefty fines for the companies.

BRUSSELS, Oct 20 — United States (US) pharmaceutical company Pfizer gained unconditional EU antitrust approval on Thursday for its proposed US$43 billion (RM205 billion) acquisition of cancer drug maker Seagen.

SEOUL, April 11 — South Korea's antitrust regulator said on Tuesday it has decided to slap a fine of 42.1 billion won (US$31.8 million or RM140.4 million) on Google LLC and its regional arms for unfair business practices aimed at solidifying its dominance in the Korean mobile gaming app market.