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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Big Bucks who wrote (14974)5/14/2005 9:47:40 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25522
 
Re: US chip companies have had to battle
foreign competition that is heavily subsidized


True, this has happened in the past. But if SMIC was heavily subsidized, they wouldn't need the loan in the first place, would they?



To: Big Bucks who wrote (14974)5/15/2005 11:40:05 AM
From: Gottfried  Respond to of 25522
 
BB, if SMIC cannot get a loan that's a different matter. I certainly would not give them one. :) Gottfried