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		<title>Morning News (European Commission Edition)</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2009/09/23/morning-news-european-commission-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EC Competition Authority announces that they conducted dawn raids on Spanish cement industry. [From EUROPA - Press Releases - Antitrust: Commission carries out unannounced inspections in the cement and related products sector]]]></description>
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		<title>European Commission Imposes €1.06 billion Fine on Intel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission (EC) today imposed a €1.06 billion fine on the Intel Corporation for &#8220;abuse of a dominant market position . . . by engaging in illegal anticompetitive practices to exclue competitors from the market for computer chips called x86 central processing units.&#8221; The Commission futher ordered Intel &#8220;to cease the anticompetitive practices to the extent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I (heart) Nellie Kroes</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/02/28/i-heart-nellie-kroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has been fined (again) by the European Union. This time, the Commission brought down the hammer, fining Microsoft € 899 million ($1.35 billion) for failing to comply with a previous decision on patent licensing fees. While the fine may only be a fraction of the company&#8217;s revenue, the fine represents about 10% of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google almost ready to acquire DoubleClick</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/12/20/google-almost-ready-to-acquire-doubleclick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a number of news sources, the FTC stated today that it will not oppose the proposed acquisition of DoubleClick by Google. The proposed deal, at US$ 3.1 billion deal would make Google the largest internet advertising company in the world. However, the European Commission has not yet ruled on whether or not Google&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belgians find unity in frites</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/12/03/belgians-find-unity-in-frites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They may not have a government, but the Belgians do have one thing: frite week. According to the Telegraph, 98.5% of Belgians find that the lowly fried potato is the symbol of national unity. Apparently, it&#8217;s the only source of agreement amongst the entire kingdom. Oh, did I mention that the Belgians still do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft to Commission: You Win</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/10/22/microsoft-to-commission-you-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, the perennial whipping boy of the industrialized world, announced today that it will not contest the ECJ ruling against it. This seems to be tacit acquiescence on the part of Redmond that it is not the 800-pound gorilla anymore. [From Microsoft to obey EU antitrust ruling - International Herald Tribune]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Cabinet: No new referendum over EU</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/09/21/dutch-cabinet-no-new-referendum-over-eu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what is perhaps the most important advance towards a new reform treaty for the European Union, the Dutch cabinet in the Hague today announced that it will not hold a new referendum on the upcoming EU reform treaty. For those who may not remember, the first attempt at a constitution for the EU was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Fine Upheld</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/09/17/microsoft-fine-upheld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of First Instance (CFI) upheld the 2004 fine imposed by the European Commission today for an &#8220;abusing a dominant position&#8221; (Article 82 TEC). The Court upheld the previous decision holding that, once a dominant position is established, &#8220;the refusal by the holder of a dominant position to grant a licence may infringe Article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger at Home</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/06/14/stranger-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s cliché, but true; you can never really go back home after all. I flew home from Amsterdam last Friday (01/06/07) via London Heathrow. Coming back to the US after 5 months of being away certainly opened my eyes to my own lifestyle, not to mention those of my fellow Americans. The stereotype of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing down the Dutch Beer Cartel</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/04/18/bringing-down-the-dutch-beer-cartel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is reporting that the EC Competition Authority has fined a cartel of Dutch brewers (Heineken, Grolsch, and Bavaria) over €273 million. A fourth brewer, InBev, was granted leiniency in exchange for providing information regarding the cartel. The firms were all found to have violated [EC Treaty] Article 81&#8242;s prhobitions on restrictive business practice. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC: Travellers suffer in storms&#8217; wake</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/01/19/bbc-travellers-suffer-in-storms-wake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This storm really made a mess out of my day. More details to come.]]></description>
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