GenevaLunch » price-fixing http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Comco takes the chill out of Swiss fridge online sales http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/comco-takes-the-chill-out-of-swiss-fridge-online-sales/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/comco-takes-the-chill-out-of-swiss-fridge-online-sales/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:51:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60684 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Comco, the Swiss competition commission, has ruled that Swiss manufacturers of home appliances such as refrigerators cannot tell their distributors not to sell the material online. The decision argues that Electrolux AG and V-Zug AG acted illegally and conspired to stop competition when the first ordered its retailers not to sell online [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/comco-takes-the-chill-out-of-swiss-fridge-online-sales/feed/ 0 Viagra-maker, other pharmas fined for price fixing http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/viagra-maker-other-pharmas-fined-for-price-fixing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/viagra-maker-other-pharmas-fined-for-price-fixing/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:31:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32758 GenevaLunch.com Update 14:15  Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Three pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer, Eli Lilly & Co. and Bayer AG have been fined CHF5.7 million in total for price fixing, linked to their over-the-counter erectile functioning drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. Bayer Switzerland promptly reacted, saying that it has not participated in price-fixing and has respected Swiss law. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/viagra-maker-other-pharmas-fined-for-price-fixing/feed/ 0 Nestlé, Barilla among pasta cartel fined €12.5 million http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/26/nestle-barilla-among-pasta-cartel-fined-e125-million/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/26/nestle-barilla-among-pasta-cartel-fined-e125-million/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:13:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=12849 GenevaLunch.com Rome, Italy (TSR, Fre) – The Italian competition commission has ruled against 26 companies in a price-fixing case and is fining them €12.5 million, reports wire service Swiss TXT. They are accused of agreeing to increase the price of pasta from October 2006 to March 2008 when the price of wheat jumped sharply in Italy. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/26/nestle-barilla-among-pasta-cartel-fined-e125-million/feed/ 0 Competition Commission to look into cosmetics price-fixing http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/02/competition-commission-to-look-into-cosmetics-price-fixing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/02/competition-commission-to-look-into-cosmetics-price-fixing/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:53:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=8837 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Comco, the Swiss Competition Commission, has agreed to look into the price discussions held by Ascopa, the main cosmetics and perfume industry association, whose members include Chanel SA Geneva, Clarins SA, L’Oréal Produits de Luxe Suisse SA, Parfums Christian Dior AG and Coty (Schweiz) AG. A complaint was filed about price [...]

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