EU's newly nominated antitrust chief vows to be impartial referee
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The Dutch woman nominated to the powerful post of European Union antitrust commissioner resisted suggestions during her confirmation hearing Tuesday that her extensive experience in the corporate world meant she might be soft on big business.
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As the new European Commission (EC) started to take up office on Monday, it was still overshadowed by quarrels over French European Commissioner Jacques Barrot&#39;s conviction.
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BRUSSELS Moving to resolve a weeklong crisis, the incoming president of the European Commission, JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, on Thursday put forward a new commission team, proposing Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy as justice commissioner.
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The incoming European Commission is to fight for jobs and growth at the expense of red tape, Peter Mandelson, the Trade Commissioner designate, promised business leaders on the first morning of the Confederation of British Industry&#39;s annual conference here
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The incoming European Commission president is to meet parliament heads to defuse the crisis over his proposed justice commissioner.
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Astana. October 26. KAZINFORM. The new head of the European Commission has robustly defended his team in the European Parliament, where many MEPs remain dissatisfied with his choice, Kazinform refers to BBC News.
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The European Union's nominated antitrust commissioner announced Monday she would sell her stocks into a blind trust and would not take up any corporate post after her term, should she get the job.
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BRUSSELSâRegulators are set to argue that the European Union needs to take a tougher stand against Microsoft Corp. because its antitrust rules are different from those that allowed the company to avoid making
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The incoming EU Commission president is to call for a delay in a crucial vote on his new team, reports say.
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BRUSSELS Neelie Kroes, the Dutch candidate to be the European Union&#39;s powerful new competition commissioner, defended her nomination in hearings at the European Parliament on Tuesday, insisting that her past membership on company boards did not imply a
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A European Commission official due to take charge next month of theÂ antitrust case against MicrosoftÂ has been offered a job by a Brussels-based consultancy that lists the software vendor among its clients, the Commission and Microsoft said Thursday.
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Competition boss who filed charges rejected a settlement offer so EU could maintain oversight.
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BRUSSELS With about a month left in office, the European Union&#39;s antitrust chief, Mario Monti, this week faces some of the legal consequences of both the first and the most recent of his controversial decisions against US companies during his five years
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(InfoWorld) - A European Commission official due to take charge next month of theÂ antitrust case against MicrosoftÂ has been offered a job by a Brussels-based consultancy that lists the software vendor among its clients, the Commission and Microsoft said Thursday. Henri Piffaut, deputy head of the unit handling the long-running antitrust case, has asked for leave from his civil servant position in the Commission on personal grounds, said the Commission's competition spokesman Jonathan Todd. "The situation is fluid. The Commission hasn't responded to the request yet and for the time being he remains an employee here," he said. Piffaut is due to take over the top job in the unit next month from Cecilio Madero Villarejo, who has led it for the past seven years. He joined the unit as deputy head earlier this year. Despite the hiccup over replacing Villarejo, the antitrust case against Microsoft is unlikely to be affected by Piffaut's request to leave, Todd said. "I can't see this causing any delays," he said. If Piffaut is denied leave, he would have to give up his career at the Commission. He could also be prevented from working on cases he was linked to while serving as an antitrust official at the Commisison, the European Union's executive body. Piffaut has been asked to join LECG, an international firm of consultants, to head up a team of economists working on merger cases in the Brussels office. LECG wasn't immediately available to comment. Microsoft's spokesman in Brussels, Tom Brookes, said he had heard about Piffaut's possible job change but declined to comment further. Four years ago Microsoft hired Detlef Eckert, a senior Commission official in the information society department, whose job included overseeing the antitrust investigation being conducted by his colleagues in the competition department. Eckert was not bound by the tough conflict of interest rules that apply to antitrust officials.
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The German referee at the centre of the football match-fixing scandal that has shocked Germany says he is about to name colleagues and players who also took bribes.
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A European Union judge told a closed meeting on Thursday he plans to rule within a month whether to freeze curbs imposed by the EU&#39;s executive on Microsoft, lawyers present said.
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Britain's soon-to-be EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said he has already started taking French lessons to prepare for his new Brussels job.