US diplomats intervene in Microsoft EU case
The action came as the company's top lawyers arrived in Brussels to make a final attempt to convince regulators not to impose daily fines

By Paul Meller, IDG News Service
March 30, 2006 \t

As it makes a final effort during two days of hearings to avert daily fines of up to \ufffd2 million ($2.4 million) in its ongoing antitrust fight with the European Commission, Microsoft (Profile, Products, Articles) has received sympathy, if not support, from a powerful friend: The U.S. government.

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Slimy lying creeps. They can't even spel 'cooperate'.