US government abandons to break up Microsoft

The Department of Justice stops attempting to split Microsoft Corp into two, and is no longer pursuing a claim that Microsoft illegally tied Internet Explorer to Windows, which may violate antitrust law. Shares of Microsoft briefly rose as high as $58.39, but fell back to near Wednesday¡¦s closing price of $57.74 by early afternoon as investors resumed worrying about corporate earnings.

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