But that defense has pushed up interest rates, threatening corporate profits and property prices, and cementing Hong Kong's higher costs relative to its neighbors.

CNN: The Cost of a Pegged Dollar

By using its dominance to gain access to competing firms' intellectual property, Intel diminishes the incentive for companies to develop new PC chip technologies, thus harming competition and cementing its own dominance in the industry, the FTC argues.

CNN: Intel claims FTC found no evidence of harm