Google Loses Final Appeal Against $2.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine

Google has lost its final appeal against a 2.4 billion euro ($2.7 billion) European Union penalty for illegally prioritizing its shopping recommendations over rivals in search results. The European Union’s Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision, rejecting the company’s appeal against the huge fine from the European Commission, the bloc’s top antitrust enforcer. “By today’s judgment, the Court of Justice dismisses the appeal and thus upholds the judgment of the General Court,” the court said in a statement. The commission punished Google in 2017 for unfairly directing visitors to its own shopping service to the detriment of competitors....