From today's Zen newsletter:
MICROSOFT FINED $1.3 BILLION
The European Commission has fined Microsoft a record Euro899m (£680m) for
failing to comply with sanctions imposed on the company in March 2004, when
it was deemed to be abusing its dominant position in the software market. The
fine, announced last week, which is the largest lobbied on any business by
the Commission, follows a Euro497m penalty paid in 2004 and a Euro280.5m fine
paid in 2006, bringing Microsoft's total bill to Euro1.68bn. Competition
Commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a statement that Microsoft was the only
company that had ever ignored sanctions applied as a result of
anti-competitive behaviour.
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