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Microsoft (MSFT) Willing to Make Revisions to Get LinkedIn (LNKD) EU Approval - Bloomberg, Citing MLEX

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Microsoft offers EU hardware, software LinkedIn concessions: sources

November 21, 2016 12:41 PM EST

By Foo Yun Chee

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will still allow LinkedIn's (NYSE: LNKD) rivals access to its software and give hardware makers the option of installing other services to try to win EU approval for its takeover of the U.S. firm, people familiar with the matter said.

The U.S. software company submitted its LinkedIn concessions to the European Commission last week after the EU competition enforcer expressed... More