Appeals Court Overturns Microsoft Breakup Decision

Updated from 2:13 PM

In a sort-of victory for the world's largest software company, the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a ruling to break up Microsoft(MSFT Quote) in the government's antitrust case against the software giant, while removing from the case the judge that ruled against the company. The case will now be sent back to a lower court.

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