BRUSSELS, Dec 9 - European Union regulators accepted a pledge by Rambus to cut royalties worldwide on computer memory chip patents for five years to settle antitrust charges and avoid a possible fine.Under the legally binding settlement, the US chip
France secured oversight of the European Union’s banking and financial services policy on Friday, after a long political dog-fight ended with it taking the key internal market portfolio in the next European Commission.But this was balanced by a top
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made it a personal priority to rein in European Union proposals to regulate financial services from Brussels, a source has said. Britain's concerns on this area remain -- it's obviously going to go to the
Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, is to hold a final round of meetings on Friday morning with nominees for the next Commission before settling on a distribution of some 25 portfolios that could reshape responsibility for EU fin
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made it a personal priority to rein in European Union proposals to regulate financial services from Brussels, a source said Thursday. Britain's concerns on this area remain -- it's obviously going to go t
Airlines across Europe reacted sharply on Wednesday night to moves in Brussels to force them to set up acompensation fund for passengers stranded by failed carriers. They said that the move would be a costly response to an “infinitesimally small pro
European regulators on Tuesday dropped their antitrust investigation into Qualcomm after the companies that had brought a complaint against the US mobile chipmaker over patent royalty rates withdrew their charges.“All complainants have now withdrawn
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