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EU Could Hit Microsoft With $7.4 Billion Dollar Fine

Penalty calculated as percent of global, not European, revenue

Reason Staff | 9.27.2012 11:32 AM


It almost certainly won't, but the European Union could, in theory, fine

Microsoft $7.4 billion. The case highlights the rather strange way that the EU decides how much to fine companies that breach the rules.

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