States want Microsoft on silver platter
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Microsoft said Wednesday that reporting requirements proposed by nine states on Microsoft investments are too broad and could be used to cover purchases as simple as a couple of desktop computers or a handful of stock shares.
While cross-examining Mitchell Kertzman, the head of a company that makes interactive television software, Microsoft lawyer Dan Webb said the reporting requirements would put Microsoft under onerous restrictions. The requirement would cover almost any monetary deal Microsoft wants to make with technology or financial firms, and direct the company to give the states written notice 60 days before the deal is final.