EU official rebuffs US criticism in Microsoft case
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BRUSSELS - Neelie Kroes, the European Union's antitrust commissioner, termed "totally unacceptable" US criticism of an EU court's ruling against Microsoft Corp.
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General counsel insists still committed to Europe Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith has given the company's first response to the rejection of its appeal against the European Commission's anti-trust action.â¦
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Software giant Microsoft  has  filed an appeal against a 280.5 million euro ($356.4 million)  fine the European Commission imposed in July, holding it defied  a 2004 antitrust ruling.
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European officials investigating the chip maker say they have a watertight argument for pursuing antitrust charges.
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The State Department on Thursday  repudiated comments by one of its officials who suggested the  U.S.-British "special relationship" was a myth, calling his  comments "ill-informed ... and just plain wrong."
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A European Union judge said Thursday he will continue to take into account testimony from the EU's biggest former allies in its antitrust case against Microsoft, an indication their desertion would not affect the case.
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The European Union's top competition   regulator clashed with Microsoft on Tuesday over security   upgrades in the U.S. software giant's new Windows Vista   operating system in a re-run of past antitrust battles.
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A U.S. official's criticism of a European Union court ruling dismissing Microsoft's monopoly abuse appeal was "totally unacceptable," EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes said Wednesday.
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The European Commission turned up the  pressure on Microsoft  on Thursday, warning the U.S.  software giant of new fines and accusing it of serial defiance  of an antitrust ruling made nearly three years ago.
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Microsoft's top legal advisor in Europe has urged the European Commission not to insist that key security features be stripped from its new Windows Vista operating system, amid an ongoing dispute.
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Computer giant Microsoft will not appeal against an EU order forcing it to provide a stripped-down version of its Windows operating system.
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The judge in Microsoft's appeal of the antitrust measures imposed by the European Commission questioned the wisdom of those moves as the hearing wound up.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Wednesday urged Europeans to put aside their differences with the United States over the Iraq war, arguing that Americans and Europeans
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The European Commission (EC), which fined Microsoft a record 497 million euros (US$625.50 million) this year for abusing its dominant position, on Monday vowed to continue pursuing the US software group through the courts for anti-competitive behavior.
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Neelie Kroes, the European Commission&#39;s next competition chief, won&#39;t rule on three pending antitrust cases to avoid conflicts of interest that have prompted criticism from lawmakers.
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US software giant Microsoft said it would not appeal against a European Union court order that upheld EU anti-trust sanctions, but remained confident it would eventually win the case.
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The antitrust sanctions imposed by the European Commission against Microsoft were upheld by a senior European judge on Wednesday, dealing a further blow to the US software giant in its long-running feud with the Brussels regulator.