Google fined 1.49b euros for anti-trust breach by EU

BRUSSELS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. internet giant Google on Wednesday received a new fine ticket of 1.49 billion euros (1.69 billion U.S. dollars) from the European Commission for the alleged breach of anti-trust rules.

The decision was made due to Google's "illegal misuse of its dominant position in the market for the brokering of online search adverts," said European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager in a press release.