Definitions
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- noun control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce
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Examples
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The move was copied soon afterward by competitors Vodafone PLC and Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile, triggering a probe by the Dutch cartel office for suspected price-fixing, which is ongoing.
KPN Cuts Outlook as Weakness in Dutch Market Persists Archibald Preuschat 2012
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We added a consumer protection unit to the office, and then, after investigating price-fixing by a company that sold gymnasium bleachers to school districts, we created an antitrust unit.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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We added a consumer protection unit to the office, and then, after investigating price-fixing by a company that sold gymnasium bleachers to school districts, we created an antitrust unit.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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We added a consumer protection unit to the office, and then, after investigating price-fixing by a company that sold gymnasium bleachers to school districts, we created an antitrust unit.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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What they came up with, according to federal prosecutors, was a massive price-fixing scheme among airlines that artificially inflated passenger and cargo fuel surcharges between 2000 and 2006 to make up for lost profits.
Airline Price Fixing Fines: Prosecutors Target 21 Companies Over Passenger, Cargo Fees The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The "lockout" operates as a perpetual horizontal group boycott and price-fixing agreement, which is per se unlawful...
Gabriel A. Feldman: The Legal Issues Behind the NBA Players' Decertification Strategy Gabriel A. Feldman 2011
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However, they also have problems unique to the Afghan business environment: local governments engage in price-fixing despite constitutional prohibitions, good land is difficult to come by due to corruption and squatting, and women entrepreneurs require access to business parks in this segregated society.
John Sullivan: An Economic Handover in Afghanistan John Sullivan 2011
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I have a Sony Reader and the two reasons I don't buy ebooks from Libri or Thalia (their two official ebook distributors in Germany) is because they have DRM and due to the should-be-obsolete German price-fixing laws, they mostly price their ebooks at the same price as the hardcover edition.
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However, they also have problems unique to the Afghan business environment: local governments engage in price-fixing despite constitutional prohibitions, good land is difficult to come by due to corruption and squatting, and women entrepreneurs require access to business parks in this segregated society.
John Sullivan: An Economic Handover in Afghanistan John Sullivan 2011
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What they came up with, according to federal prosecutors, was a massive price-fixing scheme among airlines that artificially inflated passenger and cargo fuel surcharges between 2000 and 2006 to make up for lost profits.
Airline Price Fixing Fines: Prosecutors Target 21 Companies Over Passenger, Cargo Fees The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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