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Spend-tel: Intel Dishes Out for Infineon Wireless Business

Well, cash is certainly burning a hole in somebody's pocket. Not long after scooping up McAfee for almost $8 billion, Intel is once again making a b-word acquisition, this time shelling out $1.4 billion for Infineon's wireless business. (The b-word was billion, by the way. You did get that, right?)

Posted by Lee Pender on August 30, 2010


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