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...antitrust authority. Neelie Kroes, the E.U. competition commissioner, says Microsoft's previous approach denied consumers a fair choice. "It is as if you went to the supermarket and they only offered you one brand of shampoo on the shelf, and all the other choices are hidden out the back," Kroes said. "What we are saying today is that all the brands should be on the shelf." The settlement won't have a direct effect on the U.S. market, although it could lead to increased pressure on the company to open its systems to rivals there...
...Poland and the Czech Republic and instead to deploy ships capable of shooting down the short- and mid-range Iranian missiles that U.S. intelligence believes pose a more imminent threat - like the sort of missile test-fired by Iran this week. (Watch TIME's video "Ahmadinejad Says Obama Should Back...
...perfect man to explain why his firm - and indeed all of Wall Street - was not a band of élitist capitalist vampires but instead a virtuous bunch. But even everyman Blankfein, who launched his image offensive this summer with an interview in TIME, has not been able to turn back the wall of populist anger against his firm and Wall Street in general. His claim that he and his colleagues were "doing God's work" was openly mocked. Washington is still contemplating ways to rein in finance-industry risk-taking, pay and profits. Expect more outrage soon as Goldman hands...
...earlier this year in a military coup and remains holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. The government installed by the coup also tossed out allegations that the leftist Zelaya, an ally of Chávez's, was a drug smuggler, but failed to produce any evidence to back the claim...
...what the management refers to as light lunches but which probably don't figure on most diet plans - vichyssoise with tempura oyster, Wagyu-beef teriyaki and the like. Order a couple of cordials from the divine cocktail list and the last thing you'll feel like doing is heading back to the treatment room to be slapped around by a masseuse. (See 10 things to do in London...