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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said Intel's predatory pricing practices were specifically designed to muscle out AMD, whose current market share is a relatively meager 12%. "Intel has harmed millions of European consumers by deliberately acting to keep competitors out of the market for computer chips for many years," she said. "Such a serious and sustained violation of the E.U.'s antitrust rules cannot be tolerated." (See pictures of Obama's trip to Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chips Are Down: Intel's $1.45 Billion Fine | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...Commission ruling hinged on two key issues. Firstly, that Intel abused its dominant market position with hidden financial incentives that restricted or blocked the use of AMD chips - which are cheaper, but have similar specifications - in computers sold in the E.U. Intel also paid major retailers on condition they stock only computers with Intel central processing units (CPUs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chips Are Down: Intel's $1.45 Billion Fine | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...Intel responded by announcing it would appeal in the E.U.'s courts. "We believe the decision is wrong and ignores the reality of a highly competitive microprocessor market," Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said. "There has been absolutely zero harm to consumers. Intel will appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chips Are Down: Intel's $1.45 Billion Fine | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...Larry Summers had been proclaiming for several years that the percentage had to come down. It has thus far stubbornly refused, with consumer spending hitting 70.7% of GDP - close to a record - in the first quarter of this year. American households have lost too much wealth and the job market is too miserable for that to keep up much longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Consumers Won't Kick-Start the Economy, What Will? | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...complicated equation - in laying off workers by the millions, corporate America may have cut costs and cleared the way for future profits and investment, but it has also reduced the number of consumers able to do any spending. Similarly, the current death throes of the housing market may prefigure an eventual rebirth, but in the meantime, falling prices and rising foreclosures are still wreaking havoc with consumer finances. More troubles for consumers could lead to renewed troubles for business and in housing, meaning there are feedback loops at work here that no economic forecast can fully capture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Consumers Won't Kick-Start the Economy, What Will? | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

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