Byline: Nigel Wilson May 08, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The International Energy Agency IEA does not support an LNG producers' cartel. Executive director of the IEA, Claude Mandil, said that the concept of a cartel was attractive to some...
Byline: Fergus Smith and Dave Poddar Oct 17, 2005 (Keeping Good Companies - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Only cartel conduct is covered by the Australian Competition & Consumer ...
BRUSSELS AFP — EU competition regulators imposed their biggest fine ever on Wednesday, hitting lift makers Otis, Schindler, ThyssenKrupp and Kone with a penalty of nearly a billion euros for running an illegal cartel. "The result of this cartel is that taxpayers, public authorities and property developers have been...
Byline: Paul Kerin Jan 30, 2006 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Cartels are probably more common in Australia than most people like to think. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ...
EC: new cartel procedure The European Commission EC has introduced a new settlement procedure that it says will allow cartel cases to be settled more quickly. Under the new system, if parties look at the EC's evidence and choose to acknowledge their involvement and liability for the cartel, their fine...
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 March 2006-ACCC: ACCC launches consumer guide to cartel conductC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21032006 A consumer guide to cartel conduct was launched by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, today.* "Cartels are a scourge on...
Byline: Bryan Frith Dec 21, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The leniency policy of the Australian competition regulator led to revelations of a cartel. The Australian...
SAN ANTONIO -- Cartel Creativo, Inc., a strategic partner to The Cartel Group, has appointed Susana Sosa-Martinez, a veteran of multicultural marketing and senior executive at the San Antonio-based communications agency, as Account Director for the U.S. Army, one of the nation's largest ad accounts.
Byline: Matthew Drummond Dec 17, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Cadbury Schweppes has lodged a $A120 million lawsuit against Amcor. Cadbury has accused Amcor of a bottle and can cartel. Cardboard packaging companies Amcor and Visy were already...
ABSTRACT Economists have long recognized the cartel behavior of the NCAA. Previous research has addressed the cartel characteristics of monopsony behavior, cheating, member cooperation, and supply limits of the NCAA and its members. Where this paper adds to the literature is the conceptual link between the NCAA and the...
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS FINED Degussa AG $118 million and Nippon Soda Company Ltd $9 million for participating in a price-fixing cartel in methionine together with Aventis SA. Aventis (formerly Rhone-Poulenc) was granted full immunity from fines because it revealed the cartel's existence to...
Byline: Tracy Lee Aug 02, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Nufarm's outlook has worsened even more, due to cartel allegations involving a former subsidiary. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has taken legal action against Fchem. ...
FRANKFURT AFP — Germany's Federal Cartel Office and prosecutors have raided the offices of seven confectionery groups including Kraft, Nestle, Mars and Ritter on suspicion of chocolate price fixing, a press report said Monday. Other companies received letters from the cartel office informing them that they were part of...
Natural gas has many of the elements that led OPEC to a strong enough world position that it could dictate oil prices, within a range. Industry experts have pondered the potential for a cartel that would have a similar impact on emerging world-linked gas markets. The answer to that question:...
Byline: Matthew Drummond Mar 13, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian groups Visy and Amcor are cardboard box manufacturers. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has alleged they formed a cartel between 2000 and 2004 to protect their...
M2 PRESSWIRE-26 August 2005-ACCC: Revised 'first-in' immunity policy for Cartel ConductC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26082005 The revised 'first-in' Immunity Policy for Cartel Conduct has been issued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The new policy replaces the 2003...
BRUSSELS, Belgium AP _ Gabon says its OPEC dues are too high and it may become the second oil producer in two years to rip up its membership card in the once-mighty cartel.
With the oil price remaining stubbornly above the $30 a barrel mark, oil cartel OPEC decided in January to increase its total production quota by 1.5m barrels a day (b/d). The OPEC ceiling was therefore increased from 23m b/d to 24.5m b/d with effect from 1 February 2003, with further...
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 July 2005-ACCC: Information package raises awareness of cartel conductC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04072005 An information package to raise awareness of the signs of possible cartel behaviour affecting government procurement was launched today by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman,...
