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Microsoft, Google in catfight over online shopping honesty

Just in time for the holidays, Microsoft and Google have become embroiled in a bitter dispute over who is the fairest of them all for online shopping, stepping up the battle between the tech giants. Microsoft threw the first punch when it launched a campaign for its Bing search engine “to highlight Bing’s commitment to honest search results.” Meanwhile, Google announced earlier this year it would revamp its product search to become a shopping service with paid listings.