11.   The company in October pleaded guilty to participating in a global price-fixing scheme for lysine and citric acid.

12.   The commission said the companies pleaded guilty to the allegations.

13.   The company pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to all three counts of an indictment brought last month.

14.   With the American economy booming, GM is making money, a fact that makes it harder for the company to plead necessity as it pushes for higher productivity.

15.   Anton said some shoe companies had pleaded for help because of the undersupply.

16.   At an earlier hearing, both companies had pleaded guilty to breaching safety regulations.

17.   Attorney Steven Reiss, who represents Sotheby Holding Inc., appeared at a hearing in federal court and said the company would plead guilty to violating antitrust laws.

18.   Instead, the two companies each pleaded guilty to three industrial summonses at South Kowloon Magistracy.

19.   Originally charged in an eight-count indictment, the company pleaded guilty to a negotiated single count of conspiring to violate the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

20.   The company also pleaded guilty to charges of tampering with oil sensors and keeping false records of oil discharges, the Justice Department said.