Google faces another test in EU court over 1.5bn euro fine

BRUSSELS – An EU court will rule on Wednesday on Google’s appeal of a 1.49-billion euro ($1.65-billion) fine from the European Union, a week after the US tech giant suffered a stinging legal defeat over a bigger penalty.Regulators worldwide are turning up the heat on Google parent Alphabet with trials and probes into one of the world’s most valuable companies.Brussels scored a victory last week when the EU’s highest court in Luxembourg upheld a 2017 fine worth 2.42 billion euros against Google, for abusing its dominant position by favouring its own comparison shopping service.Leading the…