Making the case: Microsoft is making a last-ditch effort to convince government regulators that they need to crack down on Google to preserve competition on the Internet and in smartphone markets. Microsoft laid out its arguments in a blog post today by Dave Heiner, the software maker’s deputy general counsel. You can get the gist of it in the full story here.
One thing leads to another: Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.’s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana’s Yellowstone River in July 2011 made the spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulators say. Department of Transportation investigators examining the spill say pipeline controllers in Houston could have reduced the volume of the 1,500-barrel spill by about two-thirds if they isolated the rupture as soon as problems emerged. The full story is here.
Feeling all washed out: Republicans and Democrats from New York and New Jersey lashed out at House Speaker John Boehner today for pulling legislation on Hurricane Sandy aid, demanding that he reverse course and allow a vote as their constituents continue to struggle with the aftermath of the devastating storm. President Barack Obama called for an immediate House vote, and governors of the two states called House inaction a “dereliction of duty.” The full story is here.
