A decision by Intel, the chip maker, to defy European antitrust investigators raised questions Wednesday about how the European Commission should handle the remainder of the investigation and discourage similar behavior.”This is an unprecedented situation,” said Jonathan Todd, a spokesman for Neelie Kroes, the European competition commissioner. “Never before has a company failed to defend itself by failing to reply to a statement of objections.”
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A top European Union court rejected on Tuesday a request by Intel, the chip maker, to delay an investigation into whether the company broke antitrust laws.Regulators at the European Commission have been investigating Intel’s business practices since the start of the decade, after a complaint by a rival, Advanced Micro Devices, also of the United States.
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Europe Ponders Its Next Step in Intel Inquiry
A decision by Intel, the chip maker, to defy European antitrust investigators raised questions Wednesday about how the European Commission should handle the remainder of the investigation and discourage similar behavior.