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Comment: Lam, KLA-Tencor’s surrender exposes regulatory rift over innovation

By Dafydd Nelson and Jeff Bliss ( October 6, 2016, 15:32 GMT | Comment) -- Regulatory defenders of innovation claimed another scalp yesterday, after chip-equipment makers Lam Research and KLA-Tencor scrapped a $10.6 billion plan to merge. But the collapse exposed just how differently dealmakers and competition officials have come to view the forces that drive inventions forward.Regulatory defenders of innovation claimed another scalp yesterday, after chip-equipment makers Lam Research and KLA-Tencor scrapped a $10.6 billion plan to merge....

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