EU fines Microsoft record €899m

Microsoft was hit on the 27 February 2008 with a record €899m ($1.35bn, £681m) penalty for its failure to meet the demands of Europe's competition regulators more than three years ago.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/318: Antitrust: Commission imposes € 899 million penalty on Microsoft for non-compliance with March 2004 Decision http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/318&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Competition: Policy Areas: Antitrust: Cases: Microsoft case http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/antitrust/cases/microsoft/index.html

Deutsche Welle, 27.2.08: EU Imposes Biggest-Ever Fine on Microsoft http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3152565,00.html

BBC News, 27.2.08: EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7266629.stm

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