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Re:Google to be Punished in France for Failing to Pare Back ... by bwooceli on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:52AM (#6469909)
400k fine for multi-billion $ company is hardly a newsworthy punishment. It's a parking ticket.
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Re:Google to be Punished in France for Failing to Pare Back ... by dingaling on Monday September 30, 2013 @11:53AM (#6470243)
Quite; Google's Paris office building alone cost €100 million.

http://www.vincentabry.com/en/new-google-french-headquarters...

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Re:Google to be Punished in France for Failing to Pare Back ... by mathattack on Monday September 30, 2013 @12:28PM (#6470473)
It seems to balance "Yes, we fined them" with "No, we didn't scare a high tech employer out of the country."
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