EU Official: Microsoft settlment talks continue
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A top European Union antitrust official said Thursday that settlement talks were continuing with Microsoft even as the European Commission prepares to decide the long-running antitrust probe in two weeks.
"We are engaging in formal discussions and settlement discussions," Philip Lowe, the director general of the Commission's competition department, told Dow Jones Newswires on the sidelines of a conference.
European regulators have set March 15 and 22 as the dates for final reviews in Brussels, where representatives of antitrust offices in the 15 EU countries comment on the decision and proposed penalties. The Commission usually adopts the decision a day or two after the last closed-door session.