Congress, EU Will Probe Microsoft Bid
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Congress and the European Union are preparing to take a hard look at Microsoft's $44.6 billion hostile takeover bid for Yahoo.
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A Bethesda company owned by Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc. is the subject of a European Union investigation  into whether the company's software will give the two media giants a monopoly in copyright protection.
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COMMENTARY: The European Union (UN)&#39;s European Commission (EC) has opened yet another probe into Microsoft&#39;s business practices.
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The European Union&#039;s top antitrust  regulator is set to issue a formal ruling finding software  giant Microsoft Corp.  guilty of breaking EU  competition rules, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
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Two U.S. software firms are asking the   European Commission to take action against Microsoft's MSFT.O   new Vista operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported on   Thursday.
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Google's $3.1 billion takeover bid for one of the internet's biggest advertising firms will be reviewed by European Union regulators for possible antitrust violations.
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The EC has set up an in-depth investigation into Microsoft and Time Warner&#39;s plans to take over US digital rights management company ContentGuard Holdings.
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The pending sale of IBM Corp.'s personal-computer business to a Chinese company will be investigated by the Bush administration to determine whether the deal threatens national security, according to administration and congressional sources.
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The European Commission will fine  Microsoft  between 200 million (&#36;255 million) and 300  million euros on Wednesday to punish it for failing to carry  out antitrust sanctions, sources familiar with the situation  said on Tuesday.
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A European Union court will decide on Monday whether Microsoft abused its near-monopoly position on the world's 1 billion computers and servers to push smaller competitors out of the marketplace.
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European Union regulators said Monday they were investigating software giant Microsoft Inc. for abusing its monopoly by squeezing out office software and Internet browser rivals.
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European Union regulators yesterday flexed their muscles by ordering an in-depth inquiry into plans by Microsoft and Time Warner to buy one of the world&#39;s leading providers of anti-piracy software.
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The pending sale of International Business Machines Corp.'s personal-computer business to a Chinese company will be investigated by the Bush administration to determine whether the deal threatens national security, according to administration and congressional sources.
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The European Commission opened a new  antitrust probe against Microsoft  on Monday into  whether it unfairly tied its Web browser to the Windows  operating system and made it harder for rival software to work  with Windows.
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Congress plans to scrutinize Google Inc.'s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. to gauge the potential impacts on consumer privacy and competition in the online advertising business.
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The European Commission has opened two new antitrust investigations of Microsoft's activities.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium Aug. 25, 2004 - Risking another trans-Atlantic tussle over Microsoft Corp., European Union antitrust regulators said Wednesday they were investigating whether the software giant&#39;s deal with media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.