So, AMD and Intel settled.  Its a case we’ve covered here in significant detail.  Terms haven’t been announced publicly.  AAI has predictably argued that the settlement shouldn’t preclude further enforcement action from NY and the FTC.   The NY Times suggests the same.  They may be right, although Herb Hovenkamp, among others, has suggested that the settlement “has taken a lot of the wind out of the sails” of the FTC case.

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The European Commission has issued a Statement of Objections in response to Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun.  The deal had already cleared the DOJ’s review.  Oracle is none too happy about the development, issuing a strongly-worded statement.  Here’s a taste…

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The New York Times is reporting that New York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has filed an antitrust suit against Intel.  According to the report…

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Thanks to all of our participants in the Merger Guidelines Symposium.  We hope many of you, as well as our readers, will look back over the collected posts and engage in an ongoing dialogue in the comments over the many interesting ideas raised here.  You will find all of the posts from the symposium by clicking on the “merger guidelines symposium” link to the right, under the “blog symposia” heading.  For you reference, we have also collected all of the posts below.

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Do the Merger Guidelines need revision? No.  Thanks for having me.

OK. Yes–and market definition/market shares, and in particular the effective incorporation of supply-side effects, seem to me like the most pressing issues in need of attention.

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Well, he warned us.  But now that it’s here it sounds so incredible.

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In a move stupider even than Chicago’s foie gras and trans fat bans (on which see Thom here), California appears to be set to ban . . . wait for it . . . big TVs.  Environmentalists, those growing enemies of freedom and common sense everywhere, are pushing the ban because large-screen TVs use a lot of power.  And by large screen we’re talking 40 inches–not just the giant honkers bigger than most Multiplex screens.  And former-libertarian-leaning Arnold is on board.

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Steve’s post responding to me and Josh on antitrust exemptions and buyer cartels raised a number of interesting issues.   A few points in response…

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I have no intention of wading into the debate over the climate change chapter in Superfreakonomics.  I’m sure you all know the controversy:  Levitt and Dubner had the temerity to suggest that global warming was a huge problem, that we should look hard for really expensive solutions, and we need to do something.  And the outcry was from . . . the global warming alarmists. Curious.

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