Headline: "FTC won't step up Intel antitrust probe"

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NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has rejected requests by lawmakers, other commissioners and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to open a formal anti-trust investigation into Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the New York Times reported on Monday.

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But FTC Chairman Deborah Majoras has rejected requests to elevate the inquiry into a formal investigation, which would give staff members the authority to issue subpoenas and compel testimony, the Times said, citing unnamed government officials and lawyers involved in the matter.

That's pretty much what i've been saying for a while. It was a lame rehash of the complaints the FTC threw out years ago the last time AMD went crying to them.

http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN2138149820071022

Meanwhile in Soviet Brussels...