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Dell Trying To Sidestep Chip 'cartel'
News I think we saw cartel-like behaviour by a couple of DRAM suppliers. Dell has opened up relationships with a wider variety of memory manufacturers to curb the effect of recent price hikes in memory chips, chief executive Michael Dell said on Tuesday.
[May 1, 2002, 16:48]
Crack The Network Cartel, Analysts Warn
News If there is too much of a cosy cartel, bodies like the EU and the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) will step in to make sure the free market is upheld," he said. Currently, the ownership of the networks that make up the Internet is in the...
[February 17, 1999, 14:56]
AMD Fires Another Antitrust Salvo At Intel
News This latest complaint was filed last week with Germany's Federal Cartel Office, or Bundeskartellamt. AMD had already received similar information, so we decided to file a formal complaint with the Federal Cartel Office," explained AMD spokeswoman...
[July 17, 2006, 13:50]
Monti To Microsoft: Guilty As Charged
News The highest fine so far was for Roche in a vitamin cartel case. It's a much finer line in abuse of dominance cases than when you're dealing with a cartel. Dominance cases are generally considered more complex than cartel cases, said Francis of...
[March 24, 2004, 10:25]
There's Something About Mario
News In addition, he significantly stepped up anti-cartel actions, emulating US antitrust enforcers by offering leniency to accused cartel members that assist in investigations, and expanding the division's investigative powers.
[March 24, 2004, 14:30]
Paris Offered Microsoft Discount
Talkback Worse than a monopoly, Microsoft acts like a drug cartel, and unlike other "monopolies" (like AT&T, which was forced to cut up it's morp into divisions while competitors were allowed to branch into all of the telecom areas and cable unstopped...
[January 3, 2005, 5:31]
Amazon.com Implicated In CD-import Row
Talkback The UK recording industry is operating an illegal cartel with the big retail chains, Virgin, HMV, etc. Disgraceful. Neither can understand the principle of free trade, and are simply running scared as they see their ridiculous profit margins, and...
[February 5, 2004, 9:49]
Software Giant Threatens Mikerowesoft
Talkback I guess I'd better take my angelsoft.com site down before I'm taken to court by the toilet paper cartel.
[January 19, 2004, 15:57]
Software Giant Threatens Mikerowesoft
Talkback An yet we continue to support the Microsoft cartel. Unreal . This guy is using his own name to build a nice little web design business and doesnt need the hassle of the arrogant Bill Gates. Although he believes Microsoft rule the world, they dont.
[January 21, 2004, 13:10]
CDWow.com Settlement Means Dearer CDs
Talkback So yet again the British consumer is being taken for a ride, The BPI is nothing but a Cartel trying to keep the cost of CD's high. No wonder people resort to piracy.
[January 22, 2004, 15:40]
Amazon.com Implicated In CD-import Row
Talkback If shops here are having their minimum sell price controlled by a cartel then the law is being broken. Just a few sticky points for the BPI to consider. Isn't price fixing illegal ? Am I breaking the law if I pick up a copy whilst in a different...
[January 15, 2004, 9:25]
Oiling The Wheels Of Education
News Even by oil-cartel standards, Qatar's wealth is extraordinary. Qatar sits on 14 percent of the world's proven reserves of natural gas, ranking it third behind Russia and Iran. Its $30bn gross domestic product has grown an average of 19 percent in...
[January 23, 2006, 12:20]
Six Arrested Over 'Nigerian Email' Frauds
News South African police believe that the six people are part of an international fraud and drug-dealing cartel, and have been sending out many thousands of email and letters in an attempt to defraud. Six people were arrested in South Africa last...
[May 21, 2002, 14:13]
Fax Error Costs EC €100m Court Case
News In 2001 they had been found guilty of running a cartel to fix foreign currency exchange rates ahead of the introduction of the euro. A lawyer's failure to operate a fax machine correctly has been blamed for the European Commission losing a multi...
[October 15, 2004, 15:05]
HP Accused Of Bullying In Recycled-cartridge Suit
News I think consumers are tired of being gouged by what I call the cartel, which is the major printer manufacturers, led by HP, Lexmark and Canon, [and which is] forcing people to not have a choice when it comes to ink and toner cartridges.
[March 31, 2005, 9:35]
Auto Exchange Shifts Gear For B2B
News US regulators investigated whether Covisint constituted a cartel that could keep out smaller firms, before granting it approval. Covisint, the business-to-business exchange for the car industry, last week celebrated its first birthday by detailing...
[February 25, 2001, 6:37]
Orange Roaming Rates Claim Another Victim
Talkback I find it astonishing that the watchdog will not get involved in what amounts to a price fixing cartel. I've been stung by Orange too.for using about 1mb of data while on a trip to Australia. I phoned them and asked them to justify this tariff.
[February 1, 2006, 9:26]
Always Scribble, Scribble, Scribble...
Talkback May a similar fate befall any network operators who still think it's a good idea to run a cartel devoted to ripping off their customers). Not at all - although there were a few roamin' jokes during the leader discussion, the headline (as usual...
[January 18, 2007, 10:55]
Quantum Countersues In Imation Tape Spat
News The legal action comes two days after Imation accused Quantum of monopolising the DLT market, fixing prices and inviting Imation to join a cartel. Legal challenges are inflaming the otherwise staid tape backup industry, with Quantum filing a...
[October 4, 2001, 10:15]
MP Slams Mobile Operators For 'profiteering' Prices
News Lamb stopped short of accusing the mobile operators of operating a cartel — a charge that is popular with some disgruntled users who have found themselves with a hefty bill after a trip abroad. An MP has hit out at the UK's mobile operators for...
[November 15, 2005, 13:50]
