EU fining Intel will hurt US firms, consumers
School of Law Professor Keith Hylton, an authority on antitrust law, says the EU slapping Intel with a record $1.45 billion fine could hurt consumers and hamper U.S. companies trying to compete...
View ArticleEU, Turkey sign gas pipeline deal
Aimed at cutting Europe’s reliance on energy from Russia, Turkey and five European Union nations today signed a landmark agreement to run a gas pipeline from the Caspian Sea area to Europe via Turkey....
View ArticleSenators push EU on antitrust case
Led by John Kerry and Orrin Hatch, 59 U.S. senators are urging European antitrust regulators to make a decision on the proposed Oracle merger with Sun Microsystems. Law Professor Keith Hylton, an...
View ArticleEU and Jerusalem
A European Union initiative, to be considered next week, would carve off east Jerusalem as the capital if an independent Palestinian state. Israel rejects the concept. Journalism Professor Bob...
View ArticleEU seeks Greece economic rescue
European Union governments are grappling how to manage the debt crisis in Greece that threatens to undermine the shared euro currency. Economics Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, who a decade ago in...
View ArticleEU rejects U.S. data-sharing deal
In a blow to the effort to stem the flow of international financing for terrorism, the European Parliament rejected a controversial data-sharing deal with the United States, citing privacy concerns....
View ArticleEU antitrust probe of IBM
Euopean Union regulators launched two antitrust investigations against IBM, the world’s biggest provider of computer services, for allegedly abusing its dominant position on the mainframe computer...
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