Google seals takeover of Looker after UK green light
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(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc-owned Google said on Thursday it has completed its $2.6 billion (£2.01 billion) buyout of privately held big-data analytics firm Looker Data Sciences after winning clearance from Britain's competition watchdog.Google announced the cash deal in June, the first major acquisition for its new cloud business Chief Executive Officer Thomas Kurian. The deal aims to build upon the success of Google Cloud's BigQuery, a tool for managing large datasets.Looker's tool enables..