Sentences with phrase «fix the prices of»

Of course a group of 10 seed funds can't fix the prices of a market.

The Good Pharm chain seeks to ride the wave of success of fixed - price coffee chain Cofix, which sells coffee and snacks for a fixed price of NIS 5, and exploit the growing demand in Israel for cheaper shopping alternatives.

The website does not discuss whether this is utilized as a convenient venue for currency manipulation or risk limitation, but it is well known that the SNB has been heavily engaged in fixing the price of the Swiss France in order to weaken the currency for the benefit of the export - dominated Swiss economy.

Nine Japanese auto parts manufacturers and two of their executives will plead guilty and pay $ 740 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of more than 30 products sold to many of the world's largest automakers operating in the U.S., the...

The shares are being offered at a fixed price of $ 1.92, a 1.3 per cent discount to the last close.

The case dates back to 2007 when the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleged that leading supermarkets and dairy processors including Tesco, Asda, Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman colluded to fix the prices of certain milk, butter and cheese products in 2002 and 2003.

The fixed price of $ 75,000 for each of these players is pretty steep.

Two months ago the antitrust division of the U.S. Justice Department disclosed it was investigating ADM and other companies for allegedly fixing prices of citric acid, high fructose corn syrup and lysine.

«Royal Mail's working practices are inefficient, competition is intensifying, industrial relations are poor and sorting machinery is outdated, while the fixed price of a stamp and a huge pension deficit seriously limit room for manoeuvre.

On a more positive note, Kia's Care - 3 programme means you can buy three years» servicing for a fixed price of # 399, while five years» cover comes in at # 749.

When iTunes was first launched, Apple negotiated an agreement with the major record companies to charge a fixed price of 99 cents a track and give the labels roughly 70 % of the proceeds (in most cases), while it kept the remainder as a commission.

The three publishers agreed to pay more than $ 69 million to consumers to resolve antitrust claims of an allegedly unlawful conspiracy to fix the prices of e-books, according to a release from the Tennessee Attorney General's office.

Hachette said it settled «reluctantly» and «was not involved in a conspiracy to illegally fix the price of eBooks, and we have made no admission of liability.»

Let's not forget the Macmillan scenario for 2010, when EVERYONE was sure Amazon was the bad guy, and then it turned out that Macmillan was part of an illegal conspiracy to fix the price of e-books.

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.

Two years after the heavy hitters in the publishing industry colluded with Apple in order to fix the price of e-books, most of the legal dust has finally settled.

When major publishers came together to fix the prices of ebooks to develop a standard of pricing, the European Commission and Justice Department smote them for collusion.

The LA Times said today that Apple's illegal acts to conspire with publishers to fix the price of e-books was «a sign of an industry grappling with disruptive change.»

SEATTLE — August 9, 2011 — Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class - action law firm, today announced it has filed a nationwide class - action lawsuit claiming that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and five of the nation's top publishers, including HarperCollins Publishers, a subsidiary of News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWSA), Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Group Inc., a subsidiary of Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) and Simon & Schuster Inc., a subsidiary of CBS (NYSE: CBS), illegally fix prices of electronic books, also known as e-books.

-LSB-...] years after the heavy hitters in the publishing industry colluded with Apple in order to fix the price of e-books, most of the legal dust has finally settled.

The agreement, Jepsen said, was to resolve antitrust claims of an alleged unlawful conspiracy to fix the prices of electronic books.

Late on Tuesday, the Justice Department filed its response to Apple's (s aapl) appeal of a 2013 price - fixing verdict that found the iPhone maker had brokered a conspiracy among book publishers to fix the price of ebooks.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Apple to overturn a stinging ruling that it led a broad conspiracy with several major publishers to fix the price of e-books sold through its online bookstore.

But in doing so, the U.S. Justice Department contends, Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with the five largest book publishers — HarperCollins, the Penguin Group, the Hatchett Group, MacMillan, and Simon & Schuster — to fix the prices of electronic books.

The US Department of Justice has urged an appeals court to uphold the verdict against Apple that found the fruity firm had violated antitrust laws and conspired with book publishers to fix the price of ebooks.

The claims form part of a feisty riposte to the department of justice (DOJ) lawsuit alleging the publishers conspired with Apple to fix the prices of ebooks.

iPad 2: Apple has a fixed price of $ 499 for the entry - level product.

This summer, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Apple violated federal antitrust law by conspiring to fix the price of ebooks.

As the federal government presses its antitrust case against Apple (s aapl), Amazon (s amzn) is taking on a central role in determining whether a court will conclude that the iPad maker illegally colluded with five publishers to fix the price of ebooks.

After a U.S. District Court judged found Apple guilty of colluding with book publishers to fix the prices of e-books last month, it was unclear what the actual consequences would be for the iPad - maker.

The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit against Apple and multiple book publishers earlier this week alleging that the group colluded to fix the prices of electronic books.

In 2013, Apple was found to have conspired with publishers to fix the prices of digital books.

* MediciNova proposed holding Avigen's remaining cash for over a year, in the hopes that Avigen's stockholders would buy more MediciNova stock at the same fixed price of $ 4.00 per share or 250 % of its then trading price.

We accomplish this by offering pet surgeries for less than $ 1,000 and dentals for a fixed price of $ 260.

There are no set timings for the crossing from Lombok to Gili Meno, it's up to the captain once the boat is full but it is possible to charter your own public boat for a fixed price of IDR 190,000 or buy up remaining available tickets for a speedier departure.

Alternatively, you can select a no - deposit option which would have a monthly fixed price of $ 28 (pricing available through November 2012).

You can also charter your own boat to get around for a fixed price of 225,000 (about USD $ 17) with a maximum of 10 passengers.

Sony, you need to fix the Price of PS Now.

The same objection is more relevant in the example of trade unions or employer collectives forming to bid up or down the price of labor; if all employers collude to fix the price of labor and lock out all workers, then there is no economic reason to call negotiation of wages fair or just, and the courts long ago found such anticompetitive practices sufficient cause to uphold the right of workers to unionize.

BlueFire Renewables, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced that it has finalized and signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for its planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, MS.. The facility will be engineered and built by Wanzek Construction, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ), for a fixed price of $ 296 million which includes an approximately $ 100 million biomass power plant as part of the facility.

As a next stage the user may, if he / she chooses, request a telephone call with a solicitor — in that case, the call is charged at a fixed price of # 35 and is unlimited in time.

[27] The Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants conspired in Canada and throughout the world to fix prices of Airfreight Shipping Services, which is defined to mean airfreight cargo shipping services for shipments to or from Canada (excluding shipments to and from the United States).

Two tobacco giants and 11 retailers have been accused of unlawfully fixing the prices of cigarettes by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Represented Japanese corporation in civil antitrust litigation alleging a conspiracy to fix prices of electrolytic and film capacitors.

Fill «er up: several more gasoline retailers, including Suncor Energy Products Inc., Canadian Tire Corporation, Mr. Gas, and Pioneer Energy LP pleaded guilty to fixing the price of gas in certain Quebec and eastern Ontario towns.

Defended energy company against allegations of a nation - wide conspiracy to fix prices of natural gas at the wellhead

He was instrumental in negotiating settlements that totaled $ 473 million in In re TFT - LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, an antitrust case in the Northern District of California that alleged a decade - long conspiracy to fix the prices of TFT - LCD panels, and over $ 90 million in In re Potash Antitrust Litigation, an antitrust case in the Northern District of Illinois that alleged price fixing by Russian, Belarusian and North American producers of potash, a main ingredient used in fertilizer.

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The CAA has issued a final infringement decision that East Midlands International Airport Limited (EMIA) and Prestige Parking Limited broke competition law by agreeing to fix prices of car parking services at East Midlands International Airport.

Procedural law: Sun - Rype sued Archer Daniels Midland, claiming it illegally engaged in a secret conspiracy to fix the price of high fructose corn syrup and then overcharged direct purchasers like Sun - Rype.