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Samsung faces competition inquiry

Associated Press

  February 01, 2012

Samsung took a double-hit in its battle against archrival Apple yesterday, when the European Union said it would investigate whether it was illegally trying to hinder competitors and Germany blocked sales of some of its tablet computers. Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. are engaged in a strategic war over patents in many countries across the world as they try to draw market share away from each other.

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