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thunderman
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n°1792671
02-12-2008 at 08:50:25 PM

Raided for Anti-trust, shocking news….Shame on Intel, shame on them

Article Link found here:
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=intel&hl=en

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http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/12/te [...] 2008021211

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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European Union antitrust regulators raided Intel Corp. and computer retailers on Tuesday searching for evidence that the companies may have broken rules to assure competition in the market for computer chips, the European Commission said[/quote]

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The world's biggest chip maker is already facing formal EU charges of monopoly abuse for below-cost customer rebates and pricing that the EU says undercut smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc



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The EU said the surprise inspections were a first step in its investigation -indicating it may be considering a new set of charges into separate allegations



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EU fines can go as high as 10% of a company's yearly global revenue. Last year, Intel's revenue amounted to $6.98 billion



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The EU first took formal moves against Intel last July - six years after it first started looking at the company - alleging that it gave "substantial rebates" to computer makers for buying most of their x86 central processing units, or CPUs, from Intel



Intel are being exposed for their Evil ways!

AMD the honest company! I will lead the AMD fans! AMD4Life!

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bixplus
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n°1792715
02-12-2008 at 11:21:21 PM

To OP...so what?

cnumartyr
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n°1792725
02-12-2008 at 11:54:39 PM

MrsBytch wrote :

Yeah also Tramsmeta just won $250million from Intel for copyright infringements, 11 of them to be exact. Now they are being sued by the UOW for the same thing. Wow, I guess its easy to win when you cheat. Now its time for them to pay for their evil stealing ways.



How's the E6300 treating you?

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n°1792728
02-13-2008 at 12:03:05 AM

cnumartyr wrote :

Yea.. December 23rd.. of course, there are other prophecies that have to come true first.




Why December 23rd? That's a horribly bad day for me. :cry: Once on Dec. 23rd I was caught in a fire and burned badly. Another Dec 23rd I ended up in a hospital while in the Air Force. And on yet another Dec 23rd, my ex-wife ran off with another guy. Well, that wasn't quite so bad.

@Grimmy- Global cooling you call it? Don't know about that, but I got really tired of shoveling Gore's global warming (what other people call snow) off my driveway this year. After 4 weeks of that, it gets boring.

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n°1792731
02-13-2008 at 12:11:45 AM

Sailer wrote :

@Grimmy- Global cooling you call it? Don't know about that, but I got really tired of shoveling Gore's global warming (what other people call snow) off my driveway this year. After 4 weeks of that, it gets boring.



Errr I didn't call it:

Solar Activity Diminishes; Researchers Predict Another Ice Age

Its what they call it. :lol:. o O (Global Cooling comes back in a big way)

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n°1792733
02-13-2008 at 12:12:22 AM

Sailer wrote :

Why December 23rd? That's a horribly bad day for me. :cry: Once on Dec. 23rd I was caught in a fire and burned badly. Another Dec 23rd I ended up in a hospital while in the Air Force. And on yet another Dec 23rd, my ex-wife ran off with another guy. Well, that wasn't quite so bad.

@Grimmy- Global cooling you call it? Don't know about that, but I got really tired of shoveling Gore's global warming (what other people call snow) off my driveway this year. After 4 weeks of that, it gets boring.



I always forget, it's actually the 21st.

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n°1792734
02-13-2008 at 12:12:52 AM

cnumartyr wrote :

How's the E6300 treating you?



Too funny!!

Yo, MsBiznatch, it's a little hard to take you seriously when you obviously consume products from a company that you so vehemently dispise. I know your kind. Your the type of person that complains about reliance on foreign oil, but protests drilling in ANWR as a temporary solution. You're the type that will complain about how bad things are in your country, but would never considering moving anwyere else. You're the type that will complain about the current administration, but won't vote to try and change it.

Yeah, I know your kind. At least BM was willing to make a stand and stick with it.


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n°1792736
02-13-2008 at 12:15:01 AM

cnumartyr wrote :

I always forget, it's actually the 21st.



Good thing for poor Sailer...at least that's one December 23rd he won't have to endure.

Feel for ya Sailer!

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n°1792745
02-13-2008 at 12:31:50 AM

exit2dos wrote :

With AMD being subsidized by the German government, I'm sure Intel will get a fair hearing. :sarcastic: :pfff:


Given that one of the 25 judges at the EU court is a german, i suppose there's no way around it. Then again, the trial won't be held in germany anyway, well, unless you look at a map of '41.

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n°1792752
02-12-2008 at 10:21:12 PM

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EVERYONE: REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THUNDERMAN IS A TROLL, KEEP IT CLEAN AND ON TOPIC


Message edited by turpit on 02-13-2008 at 12:47:00 AM

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n°1792765
02-13-2008 at 01:03:23 AM

Fact Still Stands! (Its me and not turpit ;) )

 

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n°1792767
02-13-2008 at 01:04:26 AM

Shadow703793 wrote :

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YEAH!!!!!! THANK YOU :pt1cable:


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n°1792769
02-13-2008 at 01:08:23 AM

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n°1792770
02-13-2008 at 01:09:16 AM

Shadow703793 wrote :

http://www.salagir.com/gfx/troll-web.jpg
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where do you find these funny pictures dude