FTC Said Poised To Finish Google Antitrust Probe In Weeks

Apparently, the Federal Trade Commission is pushing to conclude its antitrust investigation of Google in the coming weeks.

The agency’s staff will present its findings to the FTC’s five commissioners by mid-September and probably recommend whether to sue the company for hurting competition through its Internet dominance or suggest a basis for settlement, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the progress of the probe is confidential. The FTC is aware of what Google has proposed to its European counterparts. The agency would regard a Google proposal, or even overtures to open talks, as premature until it has decided whether the company has violated the law.