Saturday, August 9, 2014

Microsoft confirms China probe.




Mainland business authorities are investigating Microsoft, the US technology giant confirmed yesterday, with reports that the focus was on antitrust behaviour.



Investigators of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce yesterday made unannounced visits to Microsoft's offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu , news portal Sina reported citing a source familiar with the matter.
It was unclear why the company was being looked into, it said, though the portal ran another story quoting a source as saying the investigation might have to do with antitrust matters.
The Microsoft investigation comes just days after the mainland's antitrust regulator said that Qualcomm, one of the world's biggest mobile chipmakers, had a monopoly.

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