Mandelson "Gatecrashed Microsoft Boss’s Yacht Party"Same Time Microsoft Appealing EC €497m Fine
Guido’s man on the high seas tells him about a party thrown by He was not a welcome guest and was avoided by many of the other party-goers who were only too well aware that the European Commission had fined Microsoft a record €497 million on competition grounds. Microsoft was engaged in a bitter legal battle to have the fine overturned.
With billions at stake it was surely inappropriate for the trade commissioner to meet socially with the second largest shareholder in Microsoft when it was in a fierce battle with the Commission. Over to you Peston…
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