tag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/19/China_blasts_court_162_price-fixing_7344

Beijing lashed out Tuesday at a US court that ordered two Chinese pharmaceutical companies to pay $162 million for price-fixing in the US market, saying the ruling infringed its sovereignty.

2013-03-19T16:11:57ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/08/settles_with_final_publisher_Apple_19ac

US authorities said Friday they reached a settlement with Macmillan, the last of five publishing firms accused of colluding with Apple in an e-book price-fixing conspiracy.

2013-02-08T16:54:12ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/10/force_Google_change_listing_search_52e9

Google will have to change the way it presents search results or face anti-trust charges for favouring its own services, the EU's competition chief told the Financial Times.

2013-01-10T20:38:17ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/04/Google_ruling_impact_probe_Brussels_aff8

The decision by US authorities to close down an 18-month anti-trust investigation into Internet giant Google has no bearing on what the EU will do with its own probe, the European Commission said Friday.

2013-01-04T17:25:42ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/18/Optronics_executive_guilty_price-fixing_case_a638

A US jury on Tuesday found a former senior manager at Taiwan-based AU Optronics Corp. guilty of taking part in a global scheme to rig prices of liquid crystal display screens.

2012-12-19T00:31:43ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/18/Penguin_joins_settlement_e-books_lawsuit_ee20

Penguin Group has agreed to join three other publishers in a settlement of a US government lawsuit alleging an e-book price-fixing conspiracy with Apple, officials said Tuesday.

2012-12-19T00:14:53ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/18/Google_seek_anti-trust_accord_581a

The European Union will seek an accord with US Internet search giant Google as progress has been made in resolving EU anti-trust concerns, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Tuesday.

2012-12-18T19:49:44ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/13/ends_ebook_probe_after_pledges_78f4

The European Commission said Thursday major ebook publishers and Apple have provided sufficient commitments for it to end a probe into price fixing in the booming electronic publishing business.

2012-12-13T13:12:51ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/06/Koreas_appeal_fine_price-fixing_b672

LG Electronics vowed on Thursday to appeal against a European Commission fine of nearly 500 million euros ($653 million) for price-fixing, calling the penalty unfair and discriminatory.

2012-12-06T10:22:38ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/06/Cathay_Pacific_over_trade_dispute_6c87

Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways said it will pay Aus$11.75 million ($12.29 million) to an Australian trade watchdog to settle an air cargo price-fixing case.

2012-12-06T07:30:34ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/05/SKoreas_appeal_European_fine_price-fixing_782d

LG Electronics vowed on Thursday to appeal against a European Commission fine of nearly 500 million euros ($653 million) for price-fixing, calling the penalty unfair and discriminatory.

2012-12-06T04:05:18ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/05/hits_screen_makers_with_record_a4db

The European Commission on Wednesday hit seven top TV and computer screen makers, including LG Electronics and Philips, with a record fine of 1.5 billion euros for running decade-long price-fixing cartels.

2012-12-05T17:58:46ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/11/09/Supreme_Court_weigh_American_Express_64de

The US Supreme Court said Friday it would consider a bid by American Express to prevent merchants from jointly filing an antitrust lawsuit over the credit card company's fees.

2012-11-10T03:02:29ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/30/Japanese_auto_supplier_fined_price_e25d

Another Japanese auto parts supplier pled guilty Tuesday in a far reaching US probe into price fixing in the auto industry, which has now snared nine different companies on three continents.

2012-10-30T19:42:55ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/09/21/Taiwans_appeal_over_price-fixing_fine_f977

Taiwan's AU Optronics said on Friday it would appeal against a US court decision to fine it $500 million for taking part in what prosecutors called the "most serious price-fixing" case in US history.

2012-09-21T05:53:15ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/09/20/Taiwan_titan_fined_500_price_3270

A US judge on Thursday fined Taiwan's AU Optronics $500 million and sentenced two former executives to prison for rigging prices of displays for smartphones, computers and other gadgets.

2012-09-20T20:34:48ZAFP Global Editionby Glenn Chapmantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/09/19/publishers_near_deal_e-book_pricing_1e48

European regulators said on Wednesday they were near a deal with giant publishers accused of e-book price fixing, weeks after media giants including Apple sealed a deal in the United States.

2012-09-19T11:22:15ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/09/06/judge_partial_settlement_e-book_case_1b32

A US judge approved a partial settlement Thursday in a lawsuit over e-book price-fixing, allowing three publishers to end a deal with Apple that became the target of a government probe.

2012-09-06T20:43:24ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/09/04/launches_anti-trust_case_against_Gazprom_18ab

The European Commission said on Tuesday it had launched an anti-trust case against Russian energy giant Gazprom.

2012-09-04T16:03:00ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/08/30/Publishers_deal_ebook_price-fixing_case_9b6f

US prosecutors announced Thursday that the top three US publishing houses have inked a $69 million deal to close the book on charges that they schemed to fix prices of digital titles.

2012-08-30T21:07:27ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reporter