Microsoft Lobbying for U.S. Support to Overturn EU Ruling

Microsoft Corp. is drawing on its extensive financial resources and lobbying clout to try to overturn antitrust sanctions levied against it by the European Union, and the company is pushing U.S. government officials for help. After months of settlement talks between the company and EU antitrust authorities broke down, the company last week was hit with the largest antitrust fine in history and ordered to make changes to its dominant Windows operating system sold in Europe.