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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

  Filed under: Desktops, 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

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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

  Filed under: Desktops, Laptops In the good-old-days, if a corporation felt it had been infringed upon or held back in some way, a team of lawyers, some damning evidence, and an attitude of righteous fury would be combined to get some "justice," and that would be that. But times have changed, and nowadays things tend to get a little more personal

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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

  Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Microsoft will be in a familiar position tomorrow when it stands before a European Grand Chamber of the Court of First Instance, where the special 13-judge tribunal will be issuing its final verdict in an antitrust case that has been dragging on since long after the software giant finished its controversial little dance

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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

  Filed under: CellphonesQualcomm finding itself in more legal trouble? Say it ain't so! Sure enough, the chip maker is now 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

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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

  Filed 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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• Newspaper wrap-up: Yahoo!'s talks with Time Warner intensify

  Published: March 5, 2008, 3:00 am

  Tags: Amazon, Amazon Com, Amzn, Bear Stearns, Bearstearns, Bsc, Citic Group, Citic Securities, Citicgroup, Citicsecurities, European Commission, Europeancommission, Microsoft, Msft, Probe, Time Warner, Timewarner, Twx, Yahoo, Yhoo

  Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Time Warner (TWX), Amazon.com (AMZN), Bear Stearns Cos (BSC)MAJOR PAPERS: According to people familiar with the matter, Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) has stepped up talks with Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) to possibly create an alternative to the unsolicited bid Microsoft

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• European Commission approves Nokia's acquisition of Trolltech

  Published: June 17, 2008, 10:25 am

  Tags: Acquisition, Business, Europe, European Commission, Europeancommission, Industry, Nokia, Troll, Trolltech

  Filed under: Cellphones Not like we were really suspecting any issues or anything, but the European Commission has just made public its "unconditional approval" of Nokia's "voluntary tender offer for all the shares in Trolltech ASA." In other words, Nokia's acquisition of Trolltech is officially complete, with today being the final day in which

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• EU slaps Intel with three more antitrust charges

  Published: July 17, 2008, 9:34 pm

  Tags: Antitrust, European Commission, European Union, Europeancommission, Europeanunion, Intel, Lawsuit, Legal

  Filed under: Misc. GadgetsMan, the EU is really not too fond of Intel, is it? Adding to all the other antitrust charges filed against the chipmaker, the friendly grey suits at the European Commission have slapped on an additional three: paying a "leading European retailer" not stock AMD products, giving incentives to PC makers to switch to Intel

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