Critics Due To Get Eu's Google Antitrust Charge Sheet This Week: Sources

[Ron Burgundy]

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft, German publisher Axel Springer and 17 other critics of Google are expected to get a copy of the EU's antitrust charge sheet against the search engine giant this week in order to allow them to provide feedback, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The 19 companies, which include U.S. online travel site Expedia, U.S. consumer reviews website Yelp, online mapping service Hot-map and British price comparison site Foundem, helped triggered the European Commission's case against Google nearly five years ago. The Commission said Google had abused its market power and cheated consumers and competitors by distorting web search results to favor its own shopping service.

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