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Microsoft appeals antitrust fine by European Union
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Washington Mutual invited five U.S. and international banks to make offers to buy the Seattle-based thrift earlier this year, before settling on a $7.2 billion cash infusion from a private investor group. (article 6)
WaMu disclosed details of its negotiations to raise capital in a regulatory filing Friday, without identifying any of the parties by name. (article 6)
According to a Michigan State University (MSU) news release, Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier nuclear physicists can now start a new career as isotope designers. (article 7)
Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion U.S. fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order. (article 2)
" Microsoft today filed to the (EU) Court of First Instance an application to annul the European Commission decision of February 27 the U.S. software giant said in a statement. (article 5)
Microsoft has been fined a total of 1.68 billion euros by the EU for abusing its 95 percent dominance of PC operating systems through its Windows operating system. (article 5)
The Commission had initially fined Microsoft 497 million euros in March 2004 for withholding interoperability information for "work group server" software and for deliberately damaging rivals by tying its Windows Media Player to its Windows system. (article 5)
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Source articles
- Microsoft appeals $1.4B EU antitrust fine (Washington Post, 05/10/2008, 232 words)
- Microsoft appeals EU antitrust fine (cbc.ca, 05/09/2008, 264 words)
- Microsoft appeals antitrust fine by European Union (L.A. Times, 05/10/2008, 189 words)
- Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine (BBC News, 05/09/2008, 291 words)
- Microsoft appeals against EU fine (Washington Post, 05/09/2008, 242 words)
- Washington Mutual filing details quest for cash (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/10/2008, 446 words)
- ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals (zdnet.com, 05/10/2008, 1290 words)
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