Google said to be close to settling EU antitrust investigation

Google and EU regulators are close to settling a three-year antitrust investigation into the company's suspected anti-competitive behaviour after it offered improved concessions to allay competition concerns, two sources said on Thursday.
A settlement under the European Commission's antitrust rules means Google will escape a possible fine of as much as $5 billion.
The world's biggest Internet search engine and the European Commission is close to a deal and a decision is expected in the next few days or in a couple of weeks at the latest, a senior European Union official said.