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Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager concerned after Goolge's Fitbit buy.

The acquisition of companies for their data is concerning in general for regulators, Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday, a week after Google bought fitness trackers company Fitbit . Alphabet Inc-owned Google paid US$2.1 billion (£1.6 billion) for Fitbit to help it ...

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