[NEWS]RAM Manufacturers Fined for Price Fixing

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| RAM Manufacturers Fined for Price Fixing |
| from the coincidences-pile-up dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday April 22, @16:44 (Technology) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/22/1850250 |
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TufelKinder writes "From Law.com: 'In the largest fine ever obtained by San Francisco antitrust prosecutors, a Korean company has agreed to plead guilty and [0]pay $185 million for its role in a conspiracy to drive up the price of computer chips.' Micron and Infineon have also been fined for their role in the scheme." From the article: "It's the third-largest fine of its kind in the United States, and it could be just a preview of even bigger penalties. The far-reaching computer chip investigation, which alleges wrongdoing from 1999 through 2002, affects thousands of consumers."

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