SEATTLE, April 18- Microsoft Corp Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein is leaving at the end of June after 3-1/ 2 years in the post, as the world's biggest software company struggles with sharply declining personal computer sales and a lukewarm reception for the new Windows 8 operating system.
SEATTLE, April 18- Microsoft Corp Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein is leaving at the end of June after 3-1/ 2 years in the post, as the world's biggest software company struggles with sharply declining personal computer sales and a lukewarm reception for the new Windows 8 operating system.
SEATTLE, April 18- Microsoft Corp said on Thursday Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein would leave at the end of June after 3-1/ 2 years in the post, as the world's biggest software company struggles with sharply declining personal computer sales and a lukewarm reception for its new Windows 8 operating system.
*Fine raises total EU penalties against Microsoft to 2.2 bln euros. *Microsoft says takes full responsibility for lapse. BRUSSELS, March 6- The European Union fined Microsoft Corp 561 million euros on Wednesday for failing to offer users a choice of web browser, an unprecedented sanction that will act as a warning to other firms involved in EU antitrust disputes.
*Fine raises total EU penalties against Microsoft to 2.2 bln euros. *Microsoft says takes full responsibility for lapse. BRUSSELS, March 6- The European Union fined Microsoft Corp 561 million euros on Wednesday for failing to offer users a choice of web browser, an unprecedented sanction that will act as a warning to other firms involved in EU antitrust disputes.
*Fine raises total EU penalties against Microsoft to 2.16 bln euros. BRUSSELS, March 6- The European Union fined Microsoft Corp 561 million euros on Wednesday for failing to offer consumers a choice of web browser, a charge that will act as a warning to other technology firms involved in antitrust disputes with the EU.
BRUSSELS, March 6- European Union anti-trust regulators are set to hit Microsoft with a hefty fine on Wednesday for breaking a promise to offer consumers using its Windows system a choice of rival Internet browsers, people familiar with the case said. Reuters reported last week that EU regulators would fine Microsoft before the end of March.
BRUSSELS, Feb 28- EU competition regulators plan to fine Microsoft Corp before the end of March in a case tied to the U.S. software giant's antitrust battle in Europe more than a decade ago, three people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
*Reuters/ IPSOS poll finds Facebook, Apple remain popular. A Reuters/ Ipsos poll found that just under half of 853 respondents between the age of 18 and 29 thought Microsoft is cooler now than it was a year or two ago.
*Apple says its proposal would not prevent preferred shares.
*Apple says Einhorn lawsuit is misguided. *Apple says its proposal wouldn't prevent preferred shares.
SEATTLE, Feb 4- The new Windows 8 system is off to a "solid" start and should get a boost in sales over the next few months as new touch-screen devices hit the market and Microsoft Corp hones its retail strategy, according to a top executive.
SEATTLE, Jan 29- Microsoft Corp launched new Office software for home users on Tuesday, featuring constantly updated, online access to documents from all kinds of devices as the world's largest software company attempts to tailor its most profitable product to a mobile generation.
LAS VEGAS, Jan 7- Qualcomm Inc Chief Executive Paul Jacobs announced an improved smartphone chip and had help from guests ranging from Steve Ballmer and Big Bird to Maroon 5 during his opening keynote at the world's biggest technology conference.
NEW YORK, Dec 24- Craig Mundie, one of two Microsoft Corp executives who took over Bill Gates' role at the company, has relinquished control of Microsoft's large research organization and is to retire from the company in 2014..