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A report on Newsbytes claimed that Intel has hired a lobbying team to help it fight its case against the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the report, a spokesman for Intel confirmed it had hired White House Counsel John Quinn and congressman Butler Derrick to help it out. One wag said: "If these guys do any work for Clinton, maybe it's not such a good idea". Preliminary hearings are set to start on the 23rd of February. ®

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