BRUSSELS : Microsoft avoided a potentially hefty EU antitrust fine by promising reduced prices for Office products excluding its Teams app, a move on Friday that comes as Brussels increases scrutiny of U.S. tech giants. The case was triggered by a 2020 complaint from Salesforce-owned Slack Technologies Inc to the European Commission, which accused Microsoft of bundling its chat and video app Teams with its Office product to gain an unfair advantage over rivals. German rival alfaview filed a