Under the current proposal, the regulations wouldn't take effect until 2006. I'm Bill Poorman for Marketplace. Some movement in the Microsoft antitrust case is expected early this evening, when state and federal prosecutors offer their response to the software company's rebuttal of the government's idea of splitting the company in two. A judge found that Microsoft holds a monopoly in the market for software that runs personal computers. One last round of oral arguments is set for next week with federal district judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's prescription to fix that monopoly expected sometime thereafter.
Tobacco companies are back in the firing line.
As Helen Palmer reports from the Marketplace Health Desk, today the attorneys-general got some new ammunition. Cigarette companies agreed under the master settlement to strictly limit promotion of tobacco to the young. For instance, the studies found Brown and Williamson had boosted spending on Kool brand cigarettes in magazines by 75 percent, but spokesman Mark Smith says the company's actually stopped advertising in ten publications that reached more kids. From WGBH Boston, I'm Helen Palmer for Marketplace. The good news is that your new TV show will be included in CBS's fall programming schedule.