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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10657
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) competition

Microsoft failed to abide by 2009 commitments

Brussels, 17/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia announced on 17 July 2012 that the European Commission has opened proceedings against Microsoft to investigate possible non-compliance with browser choice commitments made in 2009 (to offer users a choice screen enabling them to easily choose their preferred web browser). If the suspicions are justified, then this would be the first time ever that a company has failed to respect its pledges to the European...

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