谷歌的九大反壟斷戰役
Miguel Helft
2013-01-11
目前,美國聯邦貿易委員會中止了對谷歌搜索業務的大規模調查。不過,這可不是谷歌第一次接受反壟斷調查,監管部門從來沒有放松過對這個巨無霸的注意。它的每一次重要收購、并購、對外合作,乃至董事會成員的構成,都受到了監管部門的嚴密監控,以確保市場的良性競爭。
????雇傭政策,2010年9月 ????包括谷歌、蘋果和英特爾(Intel)在內的六家科技巨頭終止了禁止互挖墻腳的協議,進而平息了美國司法部的反壟斷調查。美國司法部認為,這些公司簽署的協議規定,彼此不得向“削弱競爭”名單中的員工發出工作邀請。這對于頗受歡迎的工程師與科學家的就業前景產生了負面影響。簽署該協議的另外三家公司分別是Adobe、財捷(Intuit)和皮克斯(Pixar)。 |
????Hiring practices, Sep. 2010 Six tech giants, including Google, Apple and Intel, settled a DOJ antitrust investigation by ending agreements not to poach each other's employees. The agreements by the companies not to make recruiting calls to employees that they had placed on a list "diminished competition," the DOJ said, and had a negative effect on the job prospects of sought-after engineers and scientists. Adobe, Intuit and Pixar were also part of the settlement. |