Online retailer Trod - the largest member of the Toymaster Group - revealed it was entering administration earlier this year. Independent toy buying group Toymaster remains confident in its future despite the loss of its largest ...
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More details have been revealed about a price fixing case which involves eight international ocean freight shipping companies operating in China. The companies include Japan's NYK Line and "K" Line, and Chile's CSAV. The eight companies ...
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Mars Canada can heave a sigh of relief as alleged price fixing charges against the candy distributor have been dropped by Canada’s competition watchdog. The Crown prosecutors had stayed the charges levelled in 2013 against Mars ...
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Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) is considering divesting its stake in American tuna brand Chicken of the Sea, a move that could clear the way for its planned $1.5bn acquisition of Bumble Bee Foods. TUF CEO Thiraphong Chansiri was quoted ...
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The Shanghai Gold Exchange will try to start offering the renminbi-denominated gold-fixing price this year, as an alternative to the dollar-denominated gold-fixing in London, a top bourse official said on Wednesday. SGE head Xu Luode said ...
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Australian chicken suppliers under ACCC scrutiny following complaint A leading Australian chicken processor is facing scrutiny from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) following allegations of price-fixing, according ...
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The US Department of Justice announced that a Detroit federal grand jury has indicted an executive of Takata on one-count for conspiring and price fixing of seat belts sold to car makers. Hiromu Usuda, the accused executive allegedly ...
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File photo courtesy of Qantas. Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) logistics subsidiary, Schenker AG, will seek damages estimated at USD 2.5 billion — approximately $370 million in the US and $2.19 billion in Germany including interest ...
Volvo is making a provision of €400m ($497m) to pay any possible fine to be imposed by the European Commission as a result of its ongoing investigation into the company’s violation of antitrust rules. The provision will ...
Class action litigation has been launched with the Courts claiming $480-million in compensation for Canadian consumers regarding price-fixing of electronic capacitors by many of Canada’s largest electronics manufacturers. Merchant ...
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China has imposed fine of $202m on twelve Japanese car parts makers for allegedly price-fixing. The ruling came after Chinese regulators raided foreign companies including Mitsubishi Electric, Sumitomo Electric, Audi, BMW, Daimler, and ...
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Mercedes-Benz faces probe in China for allegedly price fixing and violating the country’s anti-monopoly law. The Chinese pricing authorities said to have gathered evidence that the German car maker has controlled the price of its ...
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NEWARK (CN) – Hitachi, Panasonic, Sanyo and a host of other electronics manufacturers conspired to fix prices of capacitors, a Silicon Valley company claims in a federal antitrust class action. eIQ Energy, of San Jose, named 27 ...
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Law360, New York (July 21, 2014, 2:52 PM ET) — Panasonic Corp. along with units of Hitachi Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. were slapped with an antitrust class action in California federal court Friday alleging they participated ...
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Law360, New York July 22, 2014, 7:26 PM ET — Panasonic Corp. and a slew of other companies were hit with yet another class action in California federal court on Tuesday accusing them of conspiring to fix prices on a key component of ...
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