| Microsoft Appeal Against 899 Million Euro Fine a Long Shot |
 | Microsoft made a new move at the end of the past week designed to take the European Union financial penalties saga one step further. The Redmond company has had a rough ride in the European arena cumulating a total of $2.5 billion worth of fines, but it has not hesitated to raise the stakes in its apparently continuous face-off with the EU Antitrust Commission by lodging an appeal against the latest financial penalty issued on February 27, ... [read more >>] |
| 12 May 2008, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google DoubleClick Deal Disallowed in Europe |
 | Google took a serious blow below the belt yesterday with the European Commission competition authorities refusing to approve its 3.1 billion $ purchase of the Internet advertising company DoubleClick and ordering that a further review of the deal be made that could last until March.
"We are obviously disappointed", said Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, in a statement. "We will continue to work with the c ... [read more >>] |
| 14 November 2007, 09:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |