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Those Washington Senators and Cabinet members who seem to think Monti was acting mainly to protect European companies are laughably off base. In Europe, everyone knows that GE's most determined opponent was United Technologies, Honeywell's jilted American suitor. Chris Bright, one of GE's lawyers in Brussels, says the Commission sent United Technologies away "to find the mud, and in the end, unfairly, the mud stuck." One more lesson: the slow confirmation process in Washington has a cost. Had James been confirmed as antitrust chief at the Justice Department by March, say, regulators on both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Jack Fell Down | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...biggest lesson of all from the GE case is this one: soon, something like it will happen again. The Commission in Brussels is currently engaged in three investigations of Microsoft, one of them driven by an American competitor, Sun Microsystems. Monti's staff is looking at the behavior of chipmaker Intel, at the behest of one competitor from the U.S. and one from Taiwan. U.S. regulators will review Switzerland-based Nestle's purchase of Ralston Purina, which would consolidate more than 50% of the $3 billion U.S. cat-food market. For now, the only antitrust authorities that really matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Jack Fell Down | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...Earlier this week U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said the European Commission, "not elected by anyone," was meddling "outside their jurisdiction" in the GE-Honeywell case. How do you explain this ruling to him and the millions of Americans who seem just as baffled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mario Monti Interview: The Dealbreaker Explains Himself | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...Does this case mark a fundamental divergence between European and U.S. regulators over what dominant companies like GE may do in the global marketplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mario Monti Interview: The Dealbreaker Explains Himself | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...value. There, sitting on a platter, was a deal at prices far below what we ever dreamed possible. Was I supposed to not do it? I had to do it. I'd do the same thing again tomorrow. I wasn't thinking about retiring. I was thinking about running GE. I took a shot at it. I gave it everything I had. And it wasn't enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jack Welch Interview: The Prosecutor Is Also The Judge | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

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