Jose Manuel Barroso, E.U.Commission President, "It is the first time for the European Union to take part in a World Expo outside Union's territory.

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Apple last year settled an antitrust case with the European Commission over e-book pricing but didn't admit any wrongdoing.

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While the U.S. government has, in general, let search engines and advertisers set their own privacy policies, the European Commission has indicated privacy laws may be coming soon: In April, the E.

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Indeed, according to one recent European Commission survey, at the current rate of innovation, it would take 50 years for the E.

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