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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Swedish court orders Google to pay $1.5 billion to Klarna in antitrust damages

A Swedish court on Wednesday ordered Alphabet's ​Google to pay about $1.5 ​billion in antitrust damages to PriceRunner, the price ​comparison business owned by payments platform Klarna.

The award, equivalent to around 14.3 billion Swedish crowns, comes amid growing scrutiny of U.S. Big Tech companies in Europe. ‌It is ⁠the largest ⁠award by a Swedish court in a competition case, though well below the ​78 billion crowns PriceRunner had sought, including accrued interest.

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