nytimes.com — The European Commission on Wednesday fined Intel a record €1.06 billion ($1.44 billion) for abusing its dominance in the market for computer chips to exclude Advanced Micro Devices, which is Intel’s only serious rival.The E.U. competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said the penalty against Intel.
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countess666May 13, 2009
as said they go after EU companies all the time.and most of the EU money goes towards altruistic stuff. its mostly meant for development add to the less well off counties in the Euro zone.that and farming subsidies... which i'm less pleased about. but thats a whole different discussion.
jcastillo81May 13, 2009
How is fining the largest chip maker $1.45 billion good for the industry? Is the computer industry hurting? Last time I checked, processing power was increasing faster than ever (wiki: moore's law and look at the graph) and just about anyone could afford a laptop (Eee Pc for $279)The computer industry seems to be doing fine.
wilmarkMay 13, 2009
Do you know the difference between Absolute and Relative? Think about it My argument was Relative you are speaking in absolute terms. I am too tired to say more
qumahlinMay 14, 2009
"Then I assume it is just a coincidence that they only go after American firms."Well it's not Europes fault that most of the giant multinational corporations on the planet have their headquarters in the USA...
lordvanceMay 14, 2009
See, now you are making an assertion that something is a fact when it is not. It is your *opinion* that anti-trust law does more harm than good. I can disagree with your *opinion* while still understanding it. If I say something like "Do you understand why equal opportunity laws do more harm than good?" I'm not asking you a legitimate question, I'm asserting my own opinion by propositioning you with it as a factual question.