58 news & feature articles results for "european union mario monti"

The European Union's competition commissioner announces that a settlement is off in its antitrust case against Microsoft, saying the parties were "unable to agree on commitments for future conduct."

Posted by CNET News.com Staff

The European Union is trying to protect customers by holding up Oracle's proposed merger of Sun. In fact, its interference won't help open source and could hurt MySQL.

Posted by Matt Asay

A European Union decision to force the company to unbundle its media software with Windows could set legal limits on its product strategy.

Posted by Mike Ricciuti

Regulators hit the software giant with a fine of $613 million for violating European Union antitrust law and also order the unbundling of Media Player software from Windows.

Posted by Jo Best and Michael Parsons

While a European Union decision in the antitrust investigation is still in its draft phase, and final details are yet to be made public, all the signs are that it won't be going Microsoft's way.

Posted by Jo Best

The European Union's revival of a moribund antitrust investigation reaffirms the region's growing reputation as an aggressive regulator willing to cross swords with the United States.

Posted by Declan McCullagh and Evan Hansen

The European Commission is scaling back its checks on whether the software maker is complying with a 2004 ruling to share interoperability information.

Posted by Tom Espiner

The European Union's long-awaited antitrust ruling on Microsoft was a one-two combination that could have a widespread affect on consumers and competition.

Posted by Steven Musil

Reports that the European Commission may be close to blocking the companies' proposed merger do not represent the agency's official position on the deal.

Posted by Jim Hu and Evan Hansen

Oracle is playing hardball with European regulators concerned about its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Posted by Stephen Shankland