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• Intel responds to EU charges, deems actions 'beneficial' to consumers

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:34 pm

  Tags: Antitrust, Europe, European Commission, European Union, Europeancommission, Europeanunion, Intel, Lawsuit, Legal, Litigation, Objection, Sue

  Laptops Shortly after the European Commission issued a Statement of Objections against Intel asseverating that it used unfair and unlawful tactics against AMD, Intel has fired back a statement of its own in response. Put simply, Intel declared that it is "confident that the microprocessor market segment is functioning normally and that Intel's

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• AMD's "Break Free" website targets Intel's business practices

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:05 pm

  Tags: Amd, Antitrust, Break Free, Breakfree, European Commission, Europeancommission, Intel, Lawsuit

  against the company by the European Commission, and reiterates the popular AMD claim that Intel stifles competition and innovation by monopolizing the market. The website also details how the diabolical chip-manufacturer steals babies in the night, was responsible for the JFK assassination, and spits in your food when you're not looking.[Via

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• UNITED KINGDOM: International Power In With The Wind

  Published: August 10, 2007, 2:43 pm

  Tags: Energy Market, Levanto, Scottish Power, European Union, Spain, Russia, Global Warming, International Power, Trinergy, Gas Supply, European Commission, Germany, Iberdrola

  wind power capacity in the European Union increased by 19.0%, and is expected to continue to grow, boosted by a new European Commission commitment. In March an agreement by European Union governments committed their countries to binding targets to ensure that 20.0% of all energy will come from renewable sources by 2020.The acquisition fits

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• EUROPEAN UNION: Brussels to Retain Tariffs on Low Energy Light Bulbs

  Published: September 1, 2007, 8:07 am

  Tags: Europe, China, European Union, Low Energy, Osram, European Commission, Siemens, Philips, Save, Environmentalists

  Environmentalists are unhappy with a European... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• EUROASIA: European Union, Mulls Rules to Hamper Gazprom

  Published: September 1, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Gazprom, Eu Energy Commissioner, European Union, Eu Energy Policy, Energy Policy, European Commission, Ferran Tarradellas Espuny, Energyblog, Russia

  European Union regulators are studying how plans... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• PROTECTIONIST POLICY: Non-Europeans Companies Face Energy Market Shutout

  Published: September 2, 2007, 6:38 am

  Tags: Protectionist Policy, Protet Eu Energy Giants, Non European, Energy Firms, European Commission, Saudi Arabia, European Energy Sector, Russia

  I wrote it the last August, 27, 2007, (EU Gets... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Microsoft to learn its EU antitrust fate tomorrow

  Published: September 16, 2007, 2:07 pm

  Tags: Antitrust, Breaking News, Breakingnews, European Commission, European Union, Europeancommission, Europeanunion, Microsoft

  the validity of the European Commission's 2004 decision against Redmond on issues of bundling and interoperability as well as the subsequent sanctions that have totaled hundreds of millions of dollars to date. The best case scenario for Microsoft would see the court overturning the underlying decisions -- automatically canceling the

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• EUROPEAN UNION: The proposals on table and building the future for Super European Energy Majors

  Published: September 19, 2007, 11:34 pm

  Tags: European Parliament, Energy Market, Durao Barroso, Protet Eu Energy Giants, Edf, European Union, European Commission, Ofgem, Eon

  The European Union's executive body, the European... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• EUROASIA: Europeans Versus The Rest Of The World [VIDEO]

  Published: September 20, 2007, 8:56 am

  Tags: Ues, Energy Market, Gazprom, Edf, Monopoly, Sergei Kupriyanov, Acer, Vasily Osmakov, Gdf, Alexander Shaahin, Protectionist Policy, Bajaenergy Tv, Rwe, European Commission, Eon, Endesa

  Europe Drops Energy Curtain What s going on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• EUROASIA: France, and not Russia, will be the EuroCommission's chief opponent in the issue

  Published: September 22, 2007, 7:26 pm

  Tags: Gazprom, Italy, Centrica, European Union, Nord Stream Project, Eni, Russia, Fortum, Neelie Kroes, France, Protectionist Policy, Suez, Rwe, European Commission, Germany, Eon

  European Union Does Not Reject Energy Reform... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Qualcomm hit with antitrust case from European Commission

  Published: October 1, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Antitrust, Court, Europe, European Commission, European Union, Europeancommission, Europeanunion, Legal, Qualcomm

  facing even more heat as the European Commission "has launched formal antitrust proceedings" against it after "mobile phone manufacturers complained it charged far too much for vital technology licenses." The move had reportedly been expected for some time, and while the Commission noted that this would be considered "a matter of priority," no

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• Probe Into Tainted Rice Ends

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Probe, Into, Tainted, Rice, Ends, Bayer Ag, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, United States, Bayer Cropscience Ag, U S Department Of Agriculture, Cindy Smith, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Brussels, Margaret Mellon, Research Triangle Park, European Commission, Europe

  More than 14 months after the Agriculture Department began an investigation into how the U.S. supply of long-grain rice became tainted with an unapproved genetically engineered variety -- an event that continues to disrupt U.S. exports -- the government announced yesterday that it could not figure...

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• Probe Into Tainted Rice Ends

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Probe, Into, Tainted, Rice, Ends, Bayer Ag, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, United States, Bayer Cropscience Ag, U S Department Of Agriculture, Cindy Smith, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Brussels, Margaret Mellon, Research Triangle Park, E U S European Commission

  More than 14 months after the Agriculture Department began an investigation into how the U.S. supply of long-grain rice became tainted with an unapproved genetically engineered variety -- an event that continues to disrupt U.S. exports -- the government announced yesterday that it could not figure...

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• Sony CEO wants to go back in time, avert high-def format war

  Published: November 12, 2007, 11:20 am

  Tags: New York, Blockbuster, Blu Ray, European Commission, Hd Dvd, High Def Format, High Definition, Hollywood, Howard Stringer, Paramount, Paramount Pictures, Player, Sales, Sony, Target, Technology, Toshiba

  "Customers aren't the only ones frustrated with the high-definition for read more

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• EU to investigate TomTom / Tele Atlas deal

  Published: November 28, 2007, 12:20 pm

  Tags: Acquisitions, Business, European Commission, Europeancommission, Garmin, Legal, Mergers, Navteq, Nokia, Tele Atlas, Teleatlas, Tomtom

  under: GPSThe European Commission has just opened an investigation into TomTom's proposed purchase of Tele Atlas, claiming that consumers could be hurt by a GPS hardware maker owning one of the two major digital map providers. Specifically, the so-called "in-depth inquiry," which will be concluded no later than April 17th of next year, stems

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