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...Wednesday The European Commission agreed with Intel's opponents as it fined the chipmaking giant a record $1.45 billion for skewing the market. The Commission - the European Union's antitrust authority - said Intel tried to squeeze out competition by paying PC makers and retailers not to use rival chips. The Commission's 542-page ruling also contained a cease-and-desist order, requiring the Santa Clara-based company to change its business practices in Europe. (See pictures of the financial crisis in London...
...humiliating blow for Intel, which has played a key role in developing chip technology for over four decades, and can now claim a staggering 80.5% market share in microprocessors. But it represents vindication for Intel's semiconductor rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which filed the original complaint in 2000. And it also underlines the power and authority of the Commission, which has now established itself as the world's most feared antitrust regulator...
...with such deep rifts in the community, it remains to be seen if Harvard could ever host an event to rival Dyke Ball...
...Senior Administration officials briefing journalists on condition of anonymity at the White House hastened to add that, despite recent U.S. overtures to Zardari's chief political rival, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, there was no question of changing horses midstream. "We are not abandoning or ... distancing ourselves from Zardari," an official said...
Talk about making a statement at exactly the right time. In its last home dual race before the crucial Eastern Sprints next weekend, the No. 5 men’s heavyweight varsity eight thrashed No. 7 Northeastern Saturday morning, dominating its Charles River rival with a 10.5 second victory.“Northeastern’s obviously a very strong opponent, and we anticipated that,” said captain and second-varsity six seat Teddy Schreck. “I think today was really just a good opportunity for us to go out there and exercise the things...