Google loses final EU court appeal against $2.7 billion fine in antitrust shopping case  

FILE - Exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of a sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe, Germany, Apr. 17, 2007. Google lost its final legal challenge against a EU for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage in search results.

Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.