91. The European Commission can impose severe fines on companies that it finds have been fixing prices. 92. The governors and the administration officials should work together to determine whether the oil companies are fixing prices or otherwise colluding against consumers, Gore said. 93. The high court appeal centers on whether agreements to fix maximum prices are the kind of activity that should always be considered illegal. 94. The Federal Trade Commission reported Monday that the tobacco industry would profit from the proposed national tobacco settlement because the pact would allow cigarette makers to fix prices. 95. The idea is to determine if a company or industry creates monopolies, fixes prices or otherwise engages in activities that restrain free trade. 96. The group has accused biotech companies of forming an international cartel that fixes prices for biotech seeds. 97. The Japanese government will have the power to prevent groups of large insurance companies from fixing prices. 98. The Justice Department has been looking into whether Archer Daniels and other companies conspired to fix prices on lysine, citric acid and high- fructose corn syrup. 99. The Justice Department also wants to find out more about whether the companies fixed prices for worldwide license agreements with American programmers. 100. The order-balancing session takes place after prices are fixed for every stock and tends to attract speculators. |