Wednesday, June 11, 2008

June 11, 2008

6-11-008—Saved by Senate Republicans, oil companies dodged an attempt to hit them with a windfall profits tax. WSJA1 [whew! And who says Republicans are incompetent in times of crisis?]\

--“Bush is not even popular in the role of the enemy anymore,” wrote Der Tagesspiegel newspaper. NYT A6

--The European Union’s competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, delivered an unusually blunt rebuke to Microsoft on Tuesday by recommending that business and governments use software based on open standards. NYT C8

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