Intel Timeline, Year 2008

Intel Timeline, Year 2008


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Event of the Year:

Jun. 6 2008 FTC opens antitrust probe

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Jan. 4
Laptop Project Blames Intel for Breakup
The founder of the One Laptop Per Child project claimed that Intel
Corp. undermined his group's effort to sell $188 computers:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&type=business

Jan. 15
Wall Street punishes Intel on 4Q results
The profit leaped 51% as sales of microprocessors accelerated, but the
semiconductor maker is feeling the pinch of an ailing U.S. economy:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&type=business

Apr. 2
CEO's pay package jumps to $12.3 million
Paul Otellini saw his pay package almost double in 2007 as the
chipmaker's business rebounded from a rocky 2006:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...f115150D07.DTL

Jun. 6
FTC opens antitrust probe
FTC is pursuing a formal investigation into Intel, which has
increasingly come under fire for alleged anti-competitive pricing and
practices:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BU7E114LLM.DTL

Jul. 17
EU hits Intel with fresh charges
European regulators have filed fresh charges against the world's
biggest computer chip maker over alleged abuse of its dominant market
position:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7512950.stm

Nov. 6
Ex-worker accused of stealing secrets
A former Intel engineer has been charged in federal court with
stealing trade secrets valued at $1 billion as he began working for
AMD:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&type=business


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Mikhail Sidorin
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