EU looking at charges that Intel pressured retailer

The article“EU looking at charges that Intel pressured retailer,”appeared on The Mercury News.com on September 28, 2006. In this article, the writer states that EU is investigating the case that Intel Corp. urged Media Market not to sell computers that use chips made by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD Inc. filed a complaint to the German antitrust office, details about the type of pressure Intel put on Media Market were not given.Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy insists that Intel’s business practices are fair and lawful and Intel will continue to be cooperative with EU regulators during the investigation. AMD Inc. filed complaints in 2002, while EU did not have enough evident to pursue. In 2005, AMD. Inc. filed another complaint that EU officials had no choice but to investigate, or risk AMD Inc. taking court action of negligence.