EU antitrust chief pursues active agenda
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As president of a Dutch business school, Neelie Kroes once awarded former Microsoft chief Bill Gates an honorary degree. But as the European Union's top antitrust cop, she has fined his company millions.
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The European Union&#039;s Competition  Commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Thursday she could see no way  around fining U.S. software giant Microsoft  for  breaching the bloc&#039;s antitrust rules.
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Microsoft's CEO in Europe said the company still hopes to settle with the European Commission over the sanctions imposed against it to correct its anticompetitive behavior.
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The incoming president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, is to meet party leaders in the European Parliament. This morning&#39;s meeting is a bid to avert a crisis over the nomination of Italian Rocco Buttiglione as Justice Commissioner.
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The European Commission's antitrust arm will use the next four weeks to pore over the specifics of the merger between Google and DoubleClick to ensure that it falls within the boundaries of the EU's strict laws regarding monopolies.
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Setting ground rules for competition is one thing, but seeking to determine outcomes is another. In European antitrust, there is more a doctrine of âreining inâ powerful companies than in the United States.
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The EU's food safety chief visits Moscow on Tuesday to try and keep Russian authorities from imposing a ban on all EU beef and other animal products as of Jan. 1.
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The European Union's health chief urged the alcoholic drinks industry on Thursday to step up its fight against the growing problem of alcohol abuse.
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The anti-industry crusader targets pharmaceuticals.
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A European Commission official chosen  to lead Microsoft's  antitrust case instead wants to  work instead for a consultancy which has the software firm as a  client, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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A European Commission leader said its 2004 antitrust ruling against Microsoft will greatly influence the software industry.
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The European Union's antitrust chief said Tuesday she had no personal feud with Microsoft Corp. despite an ongoing legal fight between her office and the software company.
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The new European Commission has spent its first day in office trying to quell a storm over the previously undisclosed, amnestied conviction of one of its members for party funding offences.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission said its antitrust case against Microsoft will move full speed ahead despite Microsoft settlements on Monday with Novell and an embattled trade group.
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The new European Commissionpresident, Jos Manuel Barroso,has stressed the role of IT in making the 25-nation European Union more economically competitive.
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The European Commission has opened two new antitrust investigations of Microsoft&#39;s activities.
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Amid reports that the European Commission is poised to approve Oracle&#39;s proposed takeover of PeopleSoft, a spokesperson for the European Union said Friday that the EU&#39;s competition commissioner, Mario Monti, would like to finish the case before he leaves