EU deal drops 'free competition'
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Brussels' 50-year commitment to free competition has been dropped from a draft treaty to reform the EU.
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European Union leaders voiced relief at clinching a deal on Friday on a treaty to reform the 27-nation bloc's institutions, replacing a defunct constitution and ending a two-year crisis of confidence in Europe's future.
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The European Commission said Wednesday it had dropped its antitrust investigation into mobile phone roaming prices charged by operators in Britain and Germany after new EU rules forcing telecom companies to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad.
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AMSTERDAM/PARIS  - European regulators said in an expected move on Tuesday they have no objections to the proposed $13.8 billion merger between Euronext  and NYSE , removing a hurdle for the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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The European Commission on Tuesday cleared Oracle's hostile &#36;7.7 billion bid for rival business-software maker PeopleSoft, lowering the last antitrust hurdle to the contested deal. "There is an absence of sufficient evidence of competitive harm," regulators said in a statement.
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BRUSSELS - Microsoft Corp. dropped a nearly decadelong legal battle with European regulators yesterday, agreeing to key parts of an antitrust ruling that has already led to hundreds of millions in fines.
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EU ministers agree a draft deal on tearing down barriers to cross-border provision of services.
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European regulators said on Tuesday they do not intend objecting to the proposed merger of Euronext and the NYSE, removing a hurdle to the completion of the $10 billion transatlantic alliance.
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The decision by the European Commission, which initially opposed the $7.7 billion deal, comes a few weeks after the U.S. Department of Justice dropped its challenge to the combination of the business software makers.
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European regulators said in an  expected move on Tuesday they have no objections to the  proposed $13.8 billion merger between Euronext  and  NYSE , removing a hurdle for the first transatlantic  stock exchange.
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Six Hollywood studios have settled charges that they curtailed price competition in the sale of films to pay-television channels in the European Union, the European Commission announced on Tuesday.
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The European Commission yesterday abandoned efforts to punish France and Germany for breach of the stability and growth pact, offering to turn a blind eye to abuse of EU spending rules.
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The European Union&#39;s executive arm ruled out fresh negotiations with Microsoft to settle an anti-trust case after an EU court upheld its sanctions against the software giant.
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Political naivety and national protectionism were blamed for quashing the latest attempt to forge a single patent regime for the European Union, according to members of Europe's business community.
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By SOPHIE FREEMAN Daily Post Business Staff  THE merger between Carphone Warehouse and the UK arm of AOL was approved by the European Commission yesterday, after the regulatory body decided the move would not "significantly impede" effective competition in the sector.
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Ofcom deregulation plan a goer thanks to unbundling European regulators have backed a move by Ofcom to drop regulations that force BT to offer competitors price-capped wholesale broadband nationwide.â¦
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Akzo Nobel NV on Friday won EU approval for its $17.1 billion acquisition of Imperial Chemicals Industries PLC, but it must sell off Britain's Crown Paints and an adhesive business to clear antitrust concerns.