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E.U. regulators target Google’s ad-tech business
European Union antitrust regulators may order Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell a part of its advertising technology business further intensifying trans-Atlantic efforts to diminish the tech giant’s dominance in digital ads, a report from Reuters said. While break-up orders from the EU competition enforcer are rare, frustration has been mounting after Google failed to address competition concerns, the report added.