EU plans sanctions against Microsoft

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The European Union plans to sanction Microsoft Corp. after the software giant balked at demands that could have prevented it from adding new features to future version of Windows, a restriction it avoided in its landmark U.S. antitrust case. EU Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has stated that he would move ahead with a precedent-setting ruling against the world's largest software company and it also plans to hit Microsoft with a fine expected to reach hundreds of millions of dollars.

Europe, Prepackaged software, Government regulation, Computer software industry, Software industry, Microsoft Corp., European Union, MSFT, Licensing, certification and accreditation

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Coke shareholders advised against Buffett

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The proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending that shareholders withhold their votes to reelect Warren Buffett to the board of directors. ISS, a group that advises shareholders of the Walt Disney Co. argues that Buffett cannot be considered an independent director because of ties between Coke and some other business interest.

Financial management, Bottled and canned soft drinks, Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, Georgia), Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Soft drink industry, KO, Investor relations, Institutional Shareholder Services, Buffett, Warren E.

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