Intel’s earning failure and possible anticompetitive moves another sign of tech stock collapse in 2007
Special Correspondent
Jan. 17, 2007

The street is crazy about tech stocks again. The hype and bubble is not as strong as year 2000 but compared to fundamentals, it is actually far frothier.

Intel's earnings tumbled 39% and revenue fell 5%, signaling that a counterattack against rival AMD is taking a toll on the chip maker's profit. Intel also projected that its gross profit margin will decline.

Intel is not Microsoft. When Intel type companies restore to anything that is close to anticompetitive moves, the end of that sector is close and eminent. EU investigators recommended formal charges against Intel over anticompetitive moves. That is serious because that just signals trouble for the whole sector.

Microsoft type companies can restore to controversial tactics but when Intel does the same or is even suspected of the same, there is problem in demand and pricing power.

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