EU and Microsoft enter another big week

The European Union said its anti-trust regulators might need several weeks to decide whether to slap Microsoft Corp. with huge fines once a midnight deadline on Tuesday for the software maker to comply with a landmark ruling expires.

“This is highly complicated stuff and therefore we will see what they come up with and analyse it carefully,” said EU Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd. “Once the deadline has expired, it will take several weeks to analyse what’s on the table.”