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So you’d be happy if Gazprom wanted to buy Intel? The difference mostly being that the US government would have to jump through hoops to shoot down that deal, r

So you’d be happy if Gazprom wanted to buy Intel? The difference mostly being that the US government would have to jump through hoops to shoot down that deal, rather than simply saying no.

jacquesm 14y ago
Intel is a company that has some strategic (rather than sentimental) worth to the US government. This story is about a single partner far up the investment chain nixing a deal that would have benefited a large number of other parties and people that have worked very hard to make this all come true for reasons that do not hold water.