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Europe's antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia told the European Parliament Tuesday that the Google investigation is likely to be a "difficult case," Bloomberg said, and apparently one that absorbs a lot of resources. The European Commission couldn't say whether Google will be forced to tell regulators - and from there everybody else - all about its precious search algorithms said to be as closely guarded as the recipe for Coke. Google is also facing national antitrust probes in Germany, Italy and France. Google owns more than 90% of the European search market. The Justice Department was officially apprised of the EC's investigation.
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