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Germany's main competition agency, the Federal Cartel Office, slapped a $12 million fine on Microsoft for imposing a retail price for its Office Home and Student 2007 software.
Microsoft said it would pay the fine to avoid a lengthy legal dispute and was reviewing its internal processes in Germany to ensure they complied with German law in future.
The Bonn-based agency said Microsoft had harmed free competition by exerting improper influence on the selling price of the software through a major chain, which was not identified in the announcement.
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