For Microsoft Corp. (MSFT ), the finish line appeared to be within sight. The five-year-old antitrust battles in Washington came to an end last year with a ruling that barely rapped the software giant on the knuckles. And in the sprawling Eurocracy in Brussels, word had it that Europe's competition commissioner, Mario Monti, was just weeks away from resolving Europe's three-year-old antitrust tussle with Microsoft. But any illusions of a speedy wrap-up ended in late January with a resounding thump. That was the sound of a new complaint against Microsoft landing on Monti's desk.
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