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To: J.B.C. who wrote (51385)	3/24/2004 11:36:09 AM
From: TimeToMakeTheInvs	Respond to of 57110

So who has all the money in Europe <g>? tim

To: J.B.C. who wrote (51385)	3/26/2004 12:12:11 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 57110

In a series of major decisions last year, the court sharply reprimanded Monti's Merger Task Force and reversed three of its rulings. Never before in Europe's history had the commission been overruled after it blocked a merger. americanlawyer.com European Commissioner Mario Monti has known better days. On Oct. 25, Europe's high priest of competition and his Brussels-based Merger Task Force--a 75-strong group of lawyers and economists that reviews and occasionally disallows proposed mergers in the European Union--suffered their third reversal in less than five months from Europe's second-highest court. Worse, it was the second slap in a single gruesome week. Before then, the task force had been overruled only twice in its 12-year history. businessweek.com Note: I am a member in good standing of the Church Of Microsoft Is The Evil Empire.