Intel also faces a U.S. lawsuit filed in federal court by rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices in 2005, claiming that Intel had forced PC makers to boycott AMD, "threatened retaliation" against customers using or selling AMD processors and offered rebates to customers designed to block the purchase of AMD's products.
Intel also faces a U.S. lawsuit filed in federal court by rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ) in 2005, claiming that Intel had forced PC makers to boycott AMD, "threatened retaliation" against customers using or selling AMD processors and offered rebates to customers designed to block the purchase of AMD's products.
Premerger, HP and Compaq had more than a thousand locally set policies on such things as rebates for customers and dental coverage for employees.
Local utilities offer rebates to customers who install frugal lavatories.
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Large retailers are tempting customers with rebates in order to drive traffic and move merchandise.
Three California power companies are also offering cash rebates for every server its customers remove through virtualization.
According to court documents, sales team members said Haslam, who is the older brother of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, was aware of at least some instances of employees withholding diesel price rebates and discounts from Pilot customers to boost the company's profits and sales commissions.
The history of rebates and giveaways haunt GM as customers wait for the deal and not the product.
An Ofgem spokesman said that if it emerged that not all former customers could be sent rebates, their refunds would be added to the hardship fund instead.
The proposed settlement, which hasn't been finalized, would allow merchants to offer discounts, rebates or other incentives to get customers to use cards with lower merchant fees, such as "plain-vanilla" cards with no rewards or points programs.
Four days after the raid, an FBI request for search warrants revealed details of a 23-month investigation into a whistle-blower's allegations that Pilot Flying J had intentionally withheld what could be millions of dollars in rebates on fuel purchases from its customers.
Court documents say sales employees were trained on how to defraud trucking companies of discounts and rebates owed to them by being loyal customers of Pilot Flying J.
Because this feature is a proven energy-saver, customers qualify for a number of conservation rebates.
Ford is also trying to drive car sales by offering competitive pricing and incentives such as cash rebates and zero-percent financing to win over customers from other competitors such as Toyota.
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Fewer than 10 percent of customers would ask for copies of how the rebates were calculated, another company official said.
He also varied the dollar amount of the rebate, and the amount of paperwork customers needed to turn in to claim their rebates.
AMD's real answer came in the form of a lawsuit filed Monday that accuses Intel of a litany of abuses, including using rebates to bribe computer makers into limiting their AMD purchases and threatening uncooperative customers with delayed shipments.
The majority of customers believed they would turn in their receipts in time to get their rebates.
That would not only make customers happier but also cut dealer inventory costs and the need for Toyota to spend on rebates for slow-selling vehicles.
Crown Victoria buyers (who tend to be older) and Focus customers (who are younger and often need help scraping together a down payment) prefer cash rebates.
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