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Article: WILL CASE LIFT CHIP FAB?(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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ALBANY -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp. Wednesday in a move that could boost the fortunes of the $4.2 billion computer chip factory being built in Saratoga County.
Intel, the world's No. 1 computer chip maker, has been under fire for years from regulators across the globe for alleged anti-competitive business tactics. The Santa Clara, Calif. company has been accused of paying off customers and bullying those who did not buy its chips that are used as the brains in PCs, laptops and servers sold to retail consumers and businesses.
Earlier this year, the European Union slapped Intel with a $1.45 billion fine. ...