Intel Corp (INTC)

[Windsock]

The core of the EC pursuit of Intel is the desire of the Trade Commissioner to regulate market share -- nothing more, nothing less. The rest is just a bunch of fluff and nonsense to disguise the regulation as modern "economic theory".

A really interesting problem for regulating Intel's market share will present itself about 2 years from now when AMD has run through the injection of capital from Abu Dhabi and goes Tango Uniform. Bye, bye "Efficient Competitor". Intel can comply with any restrictions the EC can impose and still AMD will continue to bleed cash because consumers don't want to purchase AMD's products at anything but fire sale prices.