Topic “Microsoft”
Concerns about corporate tax dodging
Governments around the globe are reviewing corporate tax returns much more closely these days. At a time when public budgets are tighter than ever, the New York Times reports that government officials worry that multinationals may be gaming the system:
Europe Drops Microsoft Antitrust Case Over Browsers
BERLIN — European regulators dropped their antitrust case against Microsoft on Wednesday after the software maker agreed to offer consumers a choice of rival Web browsers. The settlement averted a second costly legal battle for the American software giant.
Neelie Kroes, the European competition commissioner, said the agrrement with Microsoft was an “early Christmas present for more than hundreds of millions of Europeans” who would get “effective and unbiased choice” between competing browsers.
Cuomo Files Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel
Following the lead of foreign regulators, New York’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Intel, the world’s largest chip maker.
Administration Plans to Strengthen Antitrust Rules
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s top antitrust official this week plans to restore an aggressive enforcement policy against corporations that use their market dominance to elbow out competitors or to keep them from gaining market share.
The new enforcement policy would reverse the Bush administration’s approach, which strongly favored defendants against antitrust claims. It would restore a policy that led to the landmark antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft and Intel in the 1990s.