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Microsoft tries to drag Google into EU battle

By Nikki Tait in Brussels and Richard Waters in San Francisco

Published: May 8 2009 20:04 | Last updated: May 8 2009 20:23

The European Commission would hand Google even greater dominance of the internet search business if it pressed ahead with planned regulations on Microsoft’s Windows operating system, the US software company has claimed.

Microsoft’s attempt to drag its arch-rival into its own antitrust battle with Brussels is contained in a confidential last-minute submission aimed at heading off European action, a copy of which was seen by the Financial Times.

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