Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The European Commission confirmed that it is probing companies involved in derivatives based on the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.

Antoine Colombani, a spokesman for the European Union’s antitrust regulator, said that the probe involves “Libor-based interest-rate derivatives for several currencies.” He was speaking by phone from Brussels.

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