Nancy Weil and Laura Rohde

The nine states that have refused to sign a settlement agreement in the U.S. government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. urged a federal judge on Monday to deny the software maker's request to push back a hearing on behavioural remedies.

The nine states that have refused to sign a settlement agreement in the U.S. government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. urged a federal judge on Monday to deny the software maker's request to push back a hearing on behavioural remedies.