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Sun settles with Microsoft, announces layoffs
April 2, 2004
update The deal dictates that Microsoft must make $1.95 billion in payments to Sun, which separately says it will cut 3,300 jobs, as its losses mount.
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Microsoft's big bid for Yahoo
September 10, 2008
What Yahoo has, Microsoft wants, but Yahoo continues to play hard to get. The two companies still face a formidable foe in Google--and many questions about what they'll do next. Tune in here for th...
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Microsoft agrees to change Vista desktop search
June 20, 2007
Changes aim to address Google antitrust concerns. Also: Redmond talks for first time about when service pack will arrive.
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EU slaps record fine on Microsoft
March 25, 2004
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.
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Real, Microsoft reach truce
October 11, 2005
Long-running antitrust suit against software giant ends in $460 million deal, with millions more to come in partnership efforts. Photo: Gates, Glazer shake hands
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Microsoft finally yields to EU order
October 22, 2007
European Commission says agreement brings company into compliance with 2004 antitrust ruling, addresses interoperability, royalty issues.
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Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners
April 9, 2007
Attorney Lars Liebeler says open hostility toward the software maker runs contrary to a central premise of free-market economics.
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Judge OKs new Microsoft antitrust deadline
September 7, 2006
Redmond and the Justice Department earn formal approval to extend parts of their deal until November 2009--or longer.
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Judge balks at closure of AT&T, Verizon mergers
July 25, 2006
Telephone companies have closed books on the deals, but an antitrust magistrate says he needs more info.
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