] It may just be pocket change for the richest man in the ] world, but Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has been fined ] $800,000 by the federal government for violating an ] antitrust rule. ] ] ] ] The technical incident has nothing to do with the ] government's massive antitrust battles with Microsoft ] (MSFT: Research, Estimates). ] ] Gates, whose fortune has been estimated at more than $40 ] billion, ran afoul of the Federal Trade Commission and ] the Justice Department's Antitrust Division for his ] purchases of stock in a drug company and a waste-hauling ] firm. Doh Microsoft Gates fined $800,000 for antitrust violations - May. 3, 2004 |