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Price-fixing Probe Detects Obstructions
News A recently departed regional sales manager for memory chip maker Micron Technology has agreed to plead guilty to trying to obstruct an investigation into price fixing, the US Department of Justice said on Wednesday.
[December 18, 2003, 10:10]
Hynix Execs To Be Jailed Over Price Fixing
News Four executives with Hynix Semiconductor in South Korea have agreed to plead guilty to price fixing and serve five to eight months in jail. The Department of Justice made its investigation public in 2002 following a spurt of price increases in the...
[March 2, 2006, 8:25]
Samsung Gets Massive Fine For Price Fixing
News Germany's Infineon Technologies also admitted to DRAM price fixing and paid a fine, although other defendants remain. Price fixing threatens our free market system, stifles innovation, and robs American consumers of the benefit of competitive...
[October 14, 2005, 9:20]
Hynix Fined $185m For DRAM Price Fixing
News The US Department of Justice announced Thursday that Hynix Semiconductor has agreed to plead guilty to criminal antitrust violations over DRAM price fixing and pay a $185m (£96.7m) fine. Hynix is the latest DRAM maker to reach a settlement with the...
[April 22, 2005, 9:45]
Infineon Admits To DRAM Price Fixing
News Infineon Technologies will plead guilty to taking part in an international DRAM price-fixing conspiracy, which affected such companies as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Apple, the US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.
[September 16, 2004, 9:20]
Prison For Samsung Exec Over Price Fixing
Talkback I dont think micro (crucial) were involved in this. Can anyone confirm?
[September 25, 2006, 12:35]
Prison For Samsung Exec Over Price Fixing
Talkback I'm in for price fixing. I'm in for price gouging. Former Samsung executive: They say I charged the same price as everyone else for computer chips. Three white collar prisoners are hanging around the yard comparing notes:
[September 25, 2006, 13:43]
News Burst: Sega Raided Over Price Fixing
News Sega remain unsurprisingly tight-lipped over the affair with a spokesman saying, "The offices have been raided and it is in connection with price fixing allegations, but that is all I can say at the moment.
[November 12, 1999, 10:17]
Infineon Chief Quits, But Doesn't Say Why
News Ulrich Schumacher, the chief executive of German chipmaker Infineon Technologies, resigned unexpectedly Thursday, amid ongoing investigations by US and European regulators into price-fixing in the memory market.
[March 26, 2004, 7:20]
Rambus Benefits From Rival's Woes
News Rambus shares rose $3.27 (£1.93), or more than 12 percent, to close at $29.77 on Tuesday, following a Monday story by Bloomberg reporting that Micron might admit to price-fixing amid a broader grand jury probe.
[January 2, 2004, 7:35]
Rambus Launches More Antitrust Action
News US and European regulators are investigating semiconductor manufacturers, including Infineon and Micron Technology, over potential price-fixing in the memory market. Rambus' 36-page complaint cites evidence obtained through the Federal Trade...
[May 6, 2004, 10:00]
Microsoft, Adobe Squabble Over PDF
News Adobe, which acknowledges it has had discussions with regulatory agencies worldwide about Microsoft's use of its PDF format, contends it has not violated any antitrust or price-fixing regulations. Adobe's desire to hold pricing discussions on these...
[June 5, 2006, 15:40]
Microsoft Makes Hard Decisions Easier
Blog Fixing Microsoft's code without its permission? My guess is that it'll drop its prices before it fixes its software, because dropping prices is something that can be done by executive fiat, while fixing corporate culture takes enlightenment.
[December 27, 2007, 22:21]
DVD Profits 'less Than £1'
Talkback Ironic considering price fixing means individual DVDs make publishers about $5 a DVD. Something's not right if individual DVDs make more profit than DVD player themselves. And the government wonders why people don't respect Intellectual Property laws.
[August 10, 2004, 14:15]
Amazon.com Implicated In CD-import Row
Talkback Isn't price fixing illegal ? If shops here are having their minimum sell price controlled by a cartel then the law is being broken. What price does observing the law come at ? Just a few sticky points for the BPI to consider.
[January 15, 2004, 9:25]
Infineon Busted? Play It Again, DRAM
Leader The price fixing can't be made overt, as with OPEC: the stakes aren't that high. The news that Infineon has been fined $160m (£88m) for conspiring with "unnamed DRAM manufacturers" to fix the price of memory chips is notable for the size of the US...
[September 16, 2004, 12:20]
EU Investigates Memory Allegations
News The EU has been investigating allegations of memory price fixing since April 2003, a spokesman for Micron Technologies said in an email on Tuesday. Some types of memory tripled in price in a few months.
[March 3, 2004, 7:30]
EU Raids Mobile Phone Companies
News EU regulators raided mobile phone operators in Germany and the UK on Wednesday to collect evidence for an investigation into price fixing on mobile phone roaming charges. The European Commission said in a statement that nine mobile phone operators...
[July 11, 2001, 15:54]
Hollywood Named In On-demand Conspiracy Suit
News Digital on-demand movie service Intertainer Tuesday said it filed an antitrust lawsuit against three major Hollywood studios alleging conspiracy and price-fixing. Beyond its most inflammatory charge of price-fixing, the suit alleged that AOL Time...
[September 25, 2002, 6:27]
Mobile Phone Firms Hit By Dawn Raids
News The European Union has raided all nine British and German mobile phone companies as part of the Union-wide investigation into price fixing, according to Competition Commissioner Mario Monti in Brussels.
[July 11, 2001, 16:21]
