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Reid Delays Anti-Piracy Vote

Kevin Spak — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:38:05 CST

Harry Reid has postponed Tuesday's test vote on the Senate's anti-piracy bill, after a storm of online protests convinced several of the bill's co-sponsors to switch sides, the AP reports. Democrats have now emerged as the main backers of the PROTECT IP Act, the Wall Street Journal reports; at least...

EU Slaps Gas Firms With $1.5B Fine for Price-Fixing

Jason Farago — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:48:00 CDT

The European Union's powerful competition commissioner slapped two energy companies with record fines of $1.53 billion today for cartel misbehavior. GDF Suez and E.ON, two of the world's biggest gas producers, colluded to avoid competition in French and German energy markets and drive up prices. It's the first...

EU Fines Microsoft Record $1.3B

Jason Farago — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:01:09 CST

The European Commission fined Microsoft today a record $1.35 billion for failing to comply with its 2004 antitrust ruling. The EU's executive branch said that the company continued to charge "unreasonable prices" to developers building programs for Windows despite both the earlier ruling and a court verdict last September....