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[News] [Rival] America Turns Blind Eye to Abusive Intel Monopoly (Again!)

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] America Turns Blind Eye to Abusive Intel Monopoly (Again!)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:11:02 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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FTC won't step up Intel antitrust probe

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| Intel, the world's biggest maker of computer chips, has been cited for 
| anti-competitive behavior for allegedly offering large discounts to computer 
| makers in exchange for their not using products from AMD, the paper said.  
| 
| Those faulting Intel include regulators with the European Commission and 
| Korea, the Times said. Japanese officials also made similar accusations in 
| 2005, it said. Intel controls some 80 percent to 90 percent of the microchip 
| market, it said.   
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN2138149820071022?rpc=44

Intel Gets FTC's OK on Flash Chip Merger

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| Intel Corp. has received antitrust clearance to form a new flash memory firm 
| with STMicroelectronics NV. 
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071018/intel_stmicroelectronics.html?.v=1

Why Brussels is Abuzz with Lobbyists

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| As the EU sets more rules, corporations are building their presence and 
| paying for clout 
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http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2007/gb20071018_193716.htm?campaign_id=yhoo

Paranoia Paying Off For Intel

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| I'm not particularly fond of the term "blow out," but occasionally it's 
| appropriate. 
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/18/intel-semiconductors-chips-pf-ii-in_pm_1018soapbox.html?partner=yahootix

That's also what they say about Gates. Despite wealth, he's always *paranoid*
and always seeks to destroy its threats very viciously. Globalist.

AMD Still Cowers in Intel's Shadow 

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| Despite AMD's release of its most significant chip in years during the third 
| quarter, investors may not see an immediate turnaround in the company's 
| fortunes.  
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/techsemis/10385056.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;cm_ite=NA

This has a lot to do with Linux because it shows how Microsoft gets away with
its anti-competitive tactics against Linux. The politicians are in its
pockets. Same with Intel. Wealth keeps people out of jail.


Related:

Intel Joins Bill Clinton's Global Initiative

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070927/20070927005350.html?.v=1


Micron Opening Lobbying Office in DC

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| Micron Technology Inc., on Thursday said it has opened a government
| affairs office in Washington to lead the computer memory maker's
| lobbying efforts on patent reform, international trade, research
| funding and other issues.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Carroll, 33, worked for the last six years as trade policy
| director for semiconductor maker Intel Corp., which she joined
| in 1998 as European government affairs policy manager based in
| Brussels, Belgium.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070301/micron_expansion.html?.v=1


Business Group Spent $140,000 Lobbying

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| The group's members include Intel Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Bristol-Myers 
| Squibb Co. 
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/intel_lobbying.html?.v=1


Top sales official at AMD steps down

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| Richard, known for his sharp suits and frank comments about AMD's much-larger 
| rival Intel Corp., oversaw AMD's international sales force and corporate 
| marketing initiatives.  
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/top-salesman-amd-step-down/story.aspx?guid=%7B571023D1-6225-4DA9-BF2B-4B05F6D0599C%7D&siteid=yhoof


Intel Hires Lobbying Firm

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| Computer chip maker Intel Corp. has hired FBA Inc. to lobby the federal 
| government, according to a federal disclosure form. 
`----

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/intel_lobbying.html?.v=1


Marketing Group Spent $350,000 Lobbying

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| The Direct Marketing Association spent $350,000 in the first half of 2007 to 
| lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. 
`----

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/marketing_industry_lobbying.html?.v=1


S. Korea sends Intel antitrust statement-company

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| South Korea began investigating Intel's marketing and rebate practices for 
| computer processors two years ago after similar probes by Japan and the 
| European Union.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1337305020070913?rpc=44


Korean antitrust probe of Intel ends, penalties to be decided soon

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| Although neither Intel nor the KFTC provided details on the findings, sources 
| told the Korea Times said that the antitrust regulators did plan to impose 
| penalties on the chipmaker. "The FTC gained some evidence backing up 
| suspicions that Intel has offered discounts to computer makers in exchange 
| for sealing exclusive deals, and coerced dealers not to buy products from 
| rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)," said one source.     
`----

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070911-intel-could-face-sanctions-as-a-result-of-korean-antitrust-probe.html


Intel: South Korean Antitrust Probe Over

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| South Korean media have reported the inquiry has centered on allegations 
| Intel abused its market dominance by pressuring computer makers to avoid 
| using chips made by Intel's rivals.  
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070911/skorea_intel.html?.v=2


Intel to Reply Soon to Antitrust Queries

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| It is not common for the Federal Trade Commission, which issued a second 
| request for information to Intel last week, to ask for more information on 
| such mergers.  
`----

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070905/as_tec_india_intel_stmicroelectronics.html?.v=1


US antitrust group urges Intel investigation

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| The American Antitrust Institute (AAI), a Washington DC lobby group, has 
| written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging an 
| investigation of Intel's allegedly monopolistic business practices.  
|
| [...]
|
| AAI say its insistence of an investigation is based on allegations by AMD in 
| a private case and information obtained by the EC's complaint, which have not 
| been made public  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/30/aai_wants_intel_probe_expansion/


Intel urged to give more data on flash unit deal

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| ...U.S. Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information on the 
| company's deal with STMicroelectronics... 
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKWNAS317820070830?rpc=44


The Fight for Fair and Open Competition

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| AMD is an undisputed technology and innovation leader.
| 
| However, Intel's abusive, illegal monopolistic behavior is preventing 
| businesses and consumers alike from choosing freely between AMD and Intel  
| products. 
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http://breakfree.amd.com/en-us/antitrust.aspx


EC says Intel influenced bids for computer projects

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| The third type of allegation, however, was new, and sounded like a variety of 
| predatory pricing. “In the context of bids against AMD-based products for 
| strategic customers in the server segment of the market,” the commission 
| press release said, “Intel has offered CPUs on average below cost.”   
`----

http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.com/2007/08/03/ec-says-intel-influenced-bids-for-computer-projects/


Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself" 

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| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious 
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733


AMD chief condemns Intel 'abuses'

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| In 2005, after the Japan Fair Trade Commission found Intel guilty of 
| offering illegal rebates to Japanese PC makers, AMD filed an anti-trust 
| suit against its competitor in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The 
| case has not been decided.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/21/amd_ceo_condemns_intel_abuses/


AMD: Intel Destroyed Evidence in Antitrust Case

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| In an unpublished statement to the U.S. District Court of Delaware,
| AMD alleges Intel allowed the destruction of evidence in pending
| antitrust litigation.
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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6352


Video: Henri Richard comes out swinging at Intel during AMD press conference

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| [AMD's Henri Richard:] "I am sick and tired of being pushed around
| by a competitor that doesn't respect the rules of fair and open
| competition."
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=363


Investors sue Dell on payments from Intel: WSJ

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| An investor lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses Dell Inc. of
| improper accounting in its relationship with chip giant Intel,
| according to a media report published Thursday evening.
| 
| [...]
| 
| The suit alleges that Dell received at times as much as $1 billion
| a year in "secret and likely illegal" kickbacks in the form of
| "e-Cap" or "exception to corporate average pricing" payments"
| from Intel to ensure that Dell used no other chip supplier,
| according to The Journal.
`----

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/investors-sue-dell-payments-intel/story.aspx?guid=%7B400315B0%2DE375%2D4920%2DB300%2D784220BEFE35%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo


Lenovo got financial help from Intel, claim 

,----[ Quote ]
| Journalists on the title said Lenovo is being paid a "pretty
| penny" from Intel to use its chips.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37670


,----[ Quote ]
| In 2005, a unit of Shenzhen Donjin countersued, saying Intel engaged
| in monopolistic practices.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070514/china_intel_settlement.html?.v=7


Intel's anti-trust memos started vanishing from the top

,----[ Quote ]
| Chairman Craig Barrett, CEO Paul Otellini and sales chief Sean Maloney
| have appeared on a list of Intel employees thought to have deleted 
| e-mails possibly relevant to AMD's anti-trust lawsuit against its
| larger rival. The missing e-mails have thrust a livid state of mind
| onto AMD's lawyers who have very serious problems with Intel's
| rather lax document retention policy.
| 
| [...]
| 
| CEO Otellini appears to have been one of these troublesome employees.
`----

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/11/intel_tortellini_episode/

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