The Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation of Intel, The New York Times reported.

South Korean regulators said on Thursday Intel had abused its dominant position in the local market and ordered the world's top semiconductor maker to pay a fine of about $26 million.

For a third time, video game publisher Electronic Arts has extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software., but it did not raise the price as many analysts had expected.

Canada's Thomson won European regulatory approval Tuesday to buy news and information provider Reuters Group but must sell off financial research units to eliminate antitrust concerns, the European Commission said.

Google Inc fired back Sunday at Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo, accusing Microsoft of seeking to extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet realm.

The Justice Department on Friday said it is "interested" in reviewing antitrust issues associated with Microsoft nearly $45 billion unsolicited bid for Yahoo.