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Google's $2.1 billion Fitbit deal faces EU antitrust probe

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Google's $2.1 billion bid for  health  tracker  maker  Fitbit  will face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation  subsequent  week,  individuals   aware of  the matter  stated . Alphabet Inc unit  Google  this month  provided   to not  use Fitbit's  well being   information   to assist  it  goal   adverts  in an  try   to deal with  EU antitrust  issues . The opening of a full-scale investigation  means that   this isn't   ample . The deal,  introduced   final  November, would see Google compete with market  chief  Apple and Samsung  within the  fitness-tracking and smart-watch market, alongside others  together with   Huawei  and  Xiaomi . The European Commission,  which can  launch the probe following  the top  of its preliminary  evaluate  on August 4,...