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A TOP EU court rejected Thursday an appeal by US computer chip giant Intel against the bloc’s biggest ever single company fine of €1.06 billion for abusing its dominant market position.
The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, fined Intel in 2009 after it said the company had offered clients price rebates to use its x86 computer chips in preference to rival AMD.
Intel had a 70 per cent market share for the X86 chips used by most major makers of PCs such as Dell, Lenovo, HP and NEC who all got price rebates.
In its ruling, the General Court, which sits below the European Court of Justice, said “Intel’s action against the Commission’s decision is dismissed in its entirety.”
Intel’s rebates, coming from a company with such a dominant position, “were capable of restricting competition and foreclosing competitors from the market,” the Court said.
The Court said it could not find any grounds for disagreeing with the Commission which had “demonstrated to the requisite legal standard that Intel attempted to conceal the anti-competitive nature of its practices.”
Intel had also appealed against the fine on the grounds it was disproportionate but the Court said “none of the arguments raised” supported that conclusion.
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I picked The Reason I Jump as I’m on the autism spectrum and have only recently learnt that most or many people wholly or partially relive (negative) experiences as they recall them, while I’ve simply labelled them with a score, which has led to a few awkward social situations, but now I understand why and I’m eager to learn more.
That said, Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci are both brilliant and the topic of Supernova is touching and significant, so I’ll definitely want to watch that too.
A cheery bunch.
One really wet day I watched Song for a Raggy Boy, Angelas Ashes and The Magdalene Laundries one after the other.
Had a couple of pints after.
I think I’ll listen to the new song from radiohead
What a sorry selection.
I’m heading to see….in the heights…has anyone seen it yet? I have heard good things!
@Gareth Miskelly: it’s brilliant, uplifting and refreshingly un-cynical plus the songs are all tunes
@Jake Kelly: I got excited and watched the trailer. It looks terrible. But then again I turned off Hamilton after 15 minutes. Rap musicals aren’t my thing. They’re cringe as hell.
@Thomas Smyth: Thomas, Thomas… you hurt my very soul with that comment. Im a Hamilton fanatic. Know almost all the lyrics.
Song for while I’m Away
Where is the “None” option, it applies to me at least.
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