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E.U. fines Microsoft $733 million for breaking browser pact

By The Associated Press

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.

AMSTERDAM — The European Union has fined Microsoft $733 million for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of Internet browsers when they install the company’s flagship Windows operating system.

The penalty imposed by the European Union’s executive arm is a first for Brussels: No company has ever failed to keep its end of a bargain with European Union authorities before.

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