The extensive publicity given to the price-fixing charges, and the closer regulatory oversight that these charges prompted, also helped reduce spreads to levels similar to those on the New York Stock Exchange.
The former Apple CEO "conceded the price-fixing conspiracy when, the day after publicly announcing Apple's forthcoming iBookstore, he explained to his authorized biographer that Apple had told the publishers, 'We'll go to the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30 percent, and yes, the customer pays a little more, but that's what you want anyway, '" the government says in court papers.
He was also an informant for the FBI in the largest price-fixing scandal in the history of the United States.
Among the worst faults of the pre-90s regulatory scheme was that the self-regulatory organizations were little more than the lap dogs of the powerful member firms, as was revealed during the NASDAQ price-fixing investigation of the late 90s.
Within the EU price fixing is a civil offense, with the power to bust cartels squarely lying within Monti's authority.
The same is true of fixing prices above the market clearing price.
The LCD price-fixing conspiracy affected some of the largest computer manufacturers in the world, including Hewlett Packard, Dell and Apple.
ENGADGET: Former senior manager at AU Optronics found guilty of involvement in LCD price fixing
Shares in the auction house Sotheby's have plummeted, following allegations of price fixing and the resignation of two top managers.
Then there's the Federal Trade Commission, which has broad oversight over everything from price fixing at the gas pump to whether Google is a monopoly.
The US government has filed a lawsuit against British Oil giant BP for alleged price fixing in the propane industry.
"This international price-fixing conspiracy impacted countless American consumers by raising the price of computer monitors, notebooks and televisions containing LCD panels, " said Scott D.
ENGADGET: Former senior manager at AU Optronics found guilty of involvement in LCD price fixing
However, the evidence and testimony coming from regulators show they were well aware of price-fixing behavior at the time, but were not all that alarmed by it.
As rival Virgin Atlantic tipped off the OFT about the price-fixing scandal, it was granted immunity.
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And there have been ongoing rows over price fixing in the construction and fine arts sectors.
It isn't just the price-fixing disgrace, which shocked both Christie's and Sotheby's when it came to light.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote is scheduled to begin hearing the price-fixing case Monday in federal court in Manhattan.
Economic growth, not price fixing in the form of a federally mandated minimum wage, is the only path to prosperity.
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There is no doubt that British consumers have the impression they are regularly being ripped off by international cartels using cynical price-fixing measures to steal the last penny out of their wallets.
But the NCAA now argues that in the same case, the Supreme Court blessed its current price fixing via dicta (that is, side commentary unrelated to the actual holding in a case).
And, after a few weeks on the job, Bulriss caught wind that some employees were engaged in price-fixing discussions with competitors in the bromine business.
This after all is not the first price-fixing scandal: Wall Street has had several.
The LIBOR scandal is grabbing most attention but it is not the only price-fixing investigation.
In a dizzying pirouette, acting for shareholders, he played Christie's against Sotheby's in the 2001 price-fixing scandal.
Ms Kroes has made the fight against price fixing and other competition violations one of her main priorities.
Companies constrained by the NRA price-fixing requirements saw their business steadily decrease.
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All the problems of price fixing created opportunities to lecture.
Worse still, an American appeals court ruled last month that clients who sold art at Christie's or Sotheby's outside America can claim damages for price-fixing in the American courts.
Pharmaceutical companies, already humbled by the fines for the vitamin cartel, became the target of yet another investigation in Britain, earlier this month, into the alleged price-fixing of generic drugs.
The indictment charged that AU Optronics Corp. participated in the worldwide price-fixing conspiracy from Sept. 14, 2001, to Dec. 1, 2006, and that its subsidiary joined the conspiracy as early as spring 2003.
ENGADGET: Former senior manager at AU Optronics found guilty of involvement in LCD price fixing
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