By Lewis Crofts and Jean Comte ( July 1, 2026, 13:30 GMT | Insight) -- Google must pay Klarna-owned price comparison service PriceRunner the equivalent of 14.3 billion Swedish krona ($1.5 billion), a record high antitrust damages award, for favoring its price comparison service over many years, a Swedish court has said. The ruling follows the European Commission's 2017 Google Shopping decision that Google abused its dominant position by presenting its price comparison service in a more advantageous manner than its competitors' on its search results page.Google must pay Klarna-owned price comparison service PriceRunner the equivalent of 14.3 billion Swedish krona ($1.5 billion) in damages, a record high award, for favoring its price comparison service over many years, a Swedish court has said. ...
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