N.Y. joins Intel antitrust effort Nov 5, 2009
The legal challenges to Intel Corp.'s sales tactics mounted Wednesday as New York's attorney general accused the world's biggest computer chip maker of using "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate. Get Quote. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Whom Do You (Objectively) Serve? Nov 5, 2009
At best, this is a claim that the person is a useful idiot of the regime, and at worst it is classifying the taking of a set of policy positions as collusion with a despicable government. As Reihan says, this isn t that complicated. (The American Conservative)
New Theory On Fairness In Economics Targets CEO Pay Nov 5, 2009
"It is so vital to the proper functioning of the markets that we have regulations and watchdog agencies that break up and punish unfair practices such as monopolies, collusion and insider trading. Thus, it is eminently reasonable, indeed reassuring, to find that maximizing fairness, or maximizing entropy, is the condition for achieving economic equilibrium." ... "One may view our result as an 'economic law' in the statistical thermodynamics sense. The free market will 'discover' and obey this... (Science Daily)
Cash, threats let Intel thrive, suit says Nov 5, 2009
NEW YORK - New York s attorney general hit with an antitrust lawsuit yesterday, claiming the company used illegal threats and collusion to dominate the market for computer microprocessors. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said the world s biggest chip maker paid billions of dollars in kickbacks to computer manufacturers and retaliated against those that did too much business with Intel s competitors, namely Intel used its market prowess to rule with an iron fist, Cuomo said, using bribery and... (Boston Globe)
N.Y. Lawsuit: Intel Used "Illegal Threats" Nov 5, 2009
(AP) New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors. Following a similar case in Europe, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo claimed that the world's biggest computer chip maker paid billions in kickbacks to computer manufacturers and retaliated against those that did too much business with Intel's competitors. (CBS News)
Sikhs take stock of 1984 Nov 3, 2009
There is a mountain of evidence to prove that politicians belonging to the ruling Congress Party incited and directed the pogrom in collusion with the police. Even as mobs led by Congressmen burned, looted, raped and murdered the government did nothing to quell the violence. (Asia Times Online)
Secret Atlanta Bond Deal Led IRS to Middleman Rubin Financing in the Dark Nov 2, 2009
The alleged collusion makes a three-ring circus look small, , the lead plaintiffs attorney, said in an interview. Hausfeld, who specializes in antitrust cases, said it is one of the most complex webs that Ive ever seen. (Bloomberg)
Taiwan Baseball Controlled By Mob Nov 2, 2009
Taiwan's pro baseball league has long been plagued by game-fixing scandals, in which players have "thrown" games in collusion with gambling gangsters or crooked politicians. Asked if they trusted that what they were watching on TV was for real, they both laughed nervously. (Newsmax)
Queensland's top 400 post $1 billion revenue surge Nov 2, 2009
The new list includes two companies at the centre of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigation into collusion on government contracts. JM Kelly, which moved from 19th place last year to 12th this year, and Woollam Constructions, up from 64th to 25th, have been hauled to the Federal Court to explain their alleged collusion on state and local government project tender prices. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
* Ending the silence on honor killing Nov 1, 2009
Its rare for [one person] to take unilateral action, its all done in consultation and there is logistical support and collusion in the extended community, he said. Campbell, head of the Metropolitan Polices violent crime directorate, has led a number of investigations into honor-based violence and hate crimes. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Upshot of the dollar's demise Nov 1, 2009
Does such implicit collusion make any sense. It does. (Business Report, South Africa)
Montreal Takes Back Sin City Name as Yacht, Cash Scandals May Mayoral Race Oct 31, 2009
Harels Vision Montreal party based its platform on ridding city hall of its culture of secrecy and collusion and restoring trust in the municipal administration. Harel has called for public inquiries into the allegations of corruption at city hall, as has Bergerons Project Montreal party. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
'Dishonest actions' led to bankruptcy filing for Metcalf Co. Oct 30, 2009
In a statement e-mailed Thursday afternoon, Ira B. Charmoy, an attorney with the Bridgeport law firm Zeldes, Needle r who is representing the company, said Metcalf's bankruptcy filing "was caused by the dishonest actions of members of its staff, who have since been fired, working in collusion with the staff of one of Metcalf's largest suppliers.". The resulting debt, coupled with "the severe downturn in the economy, caused the company to fall behind in its commitments with its major lender,... (Republican-American)
CDR Founder David Rubin Indicted for Rigging Municipal Investment Deals Oct 30, 2009
This case is fundamentally about collusion, the illegal rigging of a purportedly competitive bidding process, Joseph M. Demarest Jr., assistant director in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in New York, said in a statement. The result was lower rates of return on the investment of bond proceeds for the state and local governments that hired CDR.. (Bloomberg -- US)
Calif. Firm, Execs Charged in Bond Bid-Rigging Oct 30, 2009
"This case is fundamentally about collusion, the illegal rigging of a purportedly competitive bidding process," said Joseph Demarest, head of the FBI's New York office. The result of the scam, Demarest said, was less money for the states, cities and counties that hired CDR.. (ABC News -- Wire)
SABMiller's experience prepares it for final frontier Oct 29, 2009
Asked about collusion by companies producing milk, bread and other staples, Gordhan referred the question to Treasury official Kuben Naidoo ... However, the good news was that the Competition Commission and the Trade and Industry Department were "trying to reduce the collusion of cartels". (Business Report, South Africa)
FTC, drugstores sue Solvay over delay in generic AndroGel Oct 25, 2009
The alleged collusion has cost the plaintiffs more than $180 million annually, according to one estimate. The plaintiffs are seeking triple the damages. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
How Australia can help the junta Oct 24, 2009
One of the most important considerations for Australia's regional security concerns is Myanmar's links with North Korea and the long speculated but unverified collusion on a nuclear program in Myanmar. Kurt Campbell, the US State Department Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, gave a briefing on the Myanmar policy review on September 28 in which he said, "Concerns have emerged in recent days about [Myanmar] and North Korea's relationship that require greater focus and... (Asia Times Online)
NFL hopes to curb wild spending in 2010 Oct 23, 2009
NFL players union could view league's perceived message as collusion ... Does that add up to the potential for the players union to accuse the league's teams of collusion next year. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Yudhoyono faces democratic test Oct 23, 2009
Collision or collusion ... Not everyone views party collusion negatively. (Asia Times Online)
Glenn Greenwald Oct 22, 2009
(4) , Hillary Clinton "personally intervened to suppress evidence of CIA collusion in the torture" by re-iterating the threats first made by the Bush administration that intelligence-sharing might be in jeopardy if those paragraphs were made public (see , paragraph 42 and 83-84). Until yesterday, all of that caused the British High Court to continue to conceal those paragraphs based on the insistence from the British Foreign Minister that the Obama administration was re-iterating the same... (Salon)
American-British Airways Accord Tests Obama Teams on Antitrust Cooperation Oct 22, 2009
The airlines request is unprecedented in scope and breadth, sanctioning collusion by United and Continental on all international service, the Justice Department wrote in a June 26 filing. The result is likely to be substantial consumer harm. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Dems Try to Put Clamps on Health Insurers Oct 22, 2009
ANY congresscritter voting against ending this insane repeal of the anti-trust laws giving the for-profit insurance companies the right to screw middle class Americans through collusion and price-fixing, should be immediately hung outside the Capital. by PVperson2 October 21, 2009 8:55 PM EDT. (CBS News -- Politics)
Hensarling Condemns Social Policy Mortgaging Oct 21, 2009
Once this health care horror bill passes the House Budget Committee (expected this week on a straight party-line vote) it moves straight to Speaker Pelosi s office where all three House versions will be merged in collusion with the White House. A House floor vote could be scheduled in the next two to three weeks. (Human Events Online)
Cardinals' Pujols to have another elbow operation Oct 21, 2009
Briefly: Players and owners have agreed to push back the deadline for a collusion grievance over last winter's free agents until the end of this offseason. The Mets have released reliever Ken Takahashi. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Appraiser board toothless, say critics Oct 21, 2009
Most of the mortgage fraud cases involved collusion by real estate investors and appraisers or lying by loan brokers and borrowers. But problems also arose because appraisers feared their business might dry up if their value estimates came in too low and caused deals to fall apart. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Asian Stocks Fall on China Mobile, China Telecom Profit; Samsung Declines Oct 21, 2009
3 percent in Seoul after AT&T Inc. sued the company and other liquid-crystal- display makers for collusion to fix prices. The lost 0. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Competition Commission targets cellular operators Oct 19, 2009
Watchdog subpoenas key staff as it probes suspected collusion by Vodacom and MTN October 19, 2009 ... Formal complaints against the industry date back four years, but the commission's investigation of MTN and Vodacom has been bolstered by accusations of collusion in pricing, including interconnection rates, which they raised by 500 percent to R1 ... Asked why the commission had been unable to complete its investigations after receiving two complaints four years ago, Ramburuth said the difficulty... (Business Report, South Africa)
Financial Armageddon in Alabama Proving Parable for Local U.S. Governments Oct 19, 2009
The regulatory agency, along with the U.S. Justice Department, is also conducting a nationwide investigation into alleged bid- rigging or collusion in the sale of municipal derivatives. . (Bloomberg)
Africa: How We Wish You Were Here - a Tribute to Mwalimu Nyerere Oct 18, 2009
One has only to look in neighbouring countries at the scale of theft and pillaging, the failure of the national project, the politicisation of ethnic identity, the open collusion with transnational corporations in the plunder of resources, that characterise neighbouring countries understand what efforts Mwalimu had made to prevent the same happening in Tanzania. one only has to look at the speed with which Tanzania has played catch-up once Mwalimu ended his term as president in 1985, to be... (allAfrica.com)
Watch the video Oct 16, 2009
Watch the school day increased by three hours; the large high schools closed; the teachers enduring video cameras in the classroom; dialectic training for ethics and social mores top-down from UNESCO all brought to you by the collusion of our elected representatives and the silent press. BobinBoynton. (The Palm Beach Post)
Watchdog probes cellular phone firms for price collusion Oct 16, 2009
South Africa's cellphone firms are facing another battle with regulators after the country's competition commission said on Thursday it would investigate possible collusion over prices in the industry ... 21 Hours ago TOKYO3991 wrote : Collusion between the cellular operators is a fact, not myth. (Business Report, South Africa)
Health Insurers Are Now Obama's Enemy Oct 15, 2009
" I guess you have no idea of just how absolutely hilarious that is!! These huge and very profitable corporations have been enjoying collusion, price-fixing and doing end-runs around the anti-trust laws since 1945. They have enjoyed a 500% increase in profits while raising premiums 130% since just 2000, all the while denying claims to their insured to protect their bottom lines. 1 Add a comment Comment The posting of advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks is prohibited. By using this Web... (CBS News -- US)
* Soul-searching in China as art prices plummet Oct 14, 2009
Auction houses were accused of collusion with artists to inflate prices, critics and curators blamed for hyping up artists reputations for hard cash, and artists churned out works straight for auction, production-style with an army of assistants, rather than going through the traditional primary market of art galleries first. In a Chinese context, the phenomenon of auctions in the art market is a very new thing, said Ingrid Dudek, a contemporary Chinese art specialist with Christies. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Insurers' Health Reform Attack Draws Fire Oct 13, 2009
We need REAL health care reform and true competition -- not monopolies and collusion between these GREEDY insurance bozos. by jtdev1 October 12, 2009 11:30 AM EDT. (CBS News)
Recession hits shelters, services Oct 12, 2009
A.J.Robinson, president of CAP, denies any collusion to get the shelter closed, but says it needs to go. He said there has been a fundamental shift in how the country is dealing with homelessness and the task force has not embraced change. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Vice president: China expected to achieve 8% growth rate Oct 10, 2009
Xi noted that the violence was the result of collusion, planning and orchestration of hostile forces inside and outside China, adding that the incidents of stabbing people by needles on July 18 were actually a follow-up of the July 5 event. Now the situation in Xinjiang and Urumqi was calm and order was restored, Xi said. (Xinhuanet, China)
South Africa: Gauteng Dept to Audit Its Employees' List Oct 10, 2009
She said the department had instituted a forensic investigation to determine whether there was any impropriety and collusion between employees of the department and suppliers. The MEC called on those with any information that may be of assistance to the investigators to come forward. (allAfrica.com)
Pakistan warns India to 'back off' Oct 10, 2009
While there is collusion between the CIA and the Pakistani security agencies, the US also has intelligence-sharing with other countries, including India. Certainly, at some point in the conceivable future, the drone may get the top Taliban leadership in its crosshairs. (Asia Times Online)
HardTalk With Busia: Sex, Drugs, Corruption, Assassins ... Oct 6, 2009
Cover Up of violations Corruption collusion, corrodes into permissive arms inflows with simultaneous cocaine overflows and sabotage of control efforts; all covered up by veiled assassins, instituting deliberate underhand policy reversals without reprisals. Is this not treason. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Showtime Networks Inc./ Oct 6, 2009
SHOWTIME TO PREMIERE PROVOCATIVE DOCUMENTARY FROM ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BARRY LEVINSON ABOUT THE COLLISION AND COLLUSION BETWEEN POLITICS, HOLLYWOOD AND THE MEDIA ... Legendary Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Bugsy, Diner, Avalon) sets out to explore the collision and collusion between politics and Hollywood. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The black hole of China Oct 4, 2009
Over the past decade Beijing has repeatedly launched mine-safety campaigns but they have mostly subsided beneath layers of corruption and collusion. But that all changed dramatically a year ago when, after yet another Shanxi mine disaster, China's top leadership signalled it had also had enough blood-tainted GDP.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Jones not available to discuss candidacy Oct 4, 2009
Both candidates have denied collusion. Mr. Jones has also not filed a financial disclosure with the Board of Elections, which was due Sept. 21. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Click to read:Unemployment Figures Cloud Recovery Hopes Oct 4, 2009
At any rate, competition is the key word, health insurers are in blatant collusion to fix prices, so no matter who is buying it, the only difference is the name of the insurer, the price is the same for all, and quality of service is equally bad from all. With a public alternative, there will be real competition, private companies will be forced to lower prices, improve services, or go the way of the dodo. (CBS News)
› Closing in on cartels Oct 3, 2009
In the construction sector, which is under investigation, bid-rigging and collusion is rife. For example, in some of the big infrastructure projects, the directors or project managers of construction company A will say to company B: "You bid for Cape Town or Durban and we will bid for Johannesburg", so they don't have to compete. (iAfrica.com)
China's other face: The red and the black Oct 2, 2009
The campaign against organised crime launched by Chongqing in June demonstrated just how prone China remains, after all those years of Communist rule, to the age-old scourge of collusion between bureaucrats and gangland bosses ... At village level, a cautious experiment with democracy in the 1990s led to frequent local power-grabs by gangsters or by party officials in collusion with them ... Chongqing is the biggest example to come to light of what is sometimes dubbed red-black (ie,... (The Economist)
Revelations of Iranian plant return nuclear threat to center stage Oct 1, 2009
The result was a previously unimaginable collusion of interests between pro-Israel groups that had been pressing for sanctions and liberal groups that had opposed them. Each now are making the case that the Iranian regime represents an extremist and dangerous threat albeit separately, for the most part. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Polanski: Regard for his art, disdain for his act Oct 1, 2009
Actress Debra Winger, presiding over the Zurich festival jury, complained: "This fledgling festival has been unfairly exploited." She also blamed Swiss authorities for their "Philistine collusion." And producer Harvey Weinstein said in a statement: "We are calling every filmmaker we can to help fix this terrible situation." (Representatives for Winger, Demme and Allen did not respond to requests for comment, and Weinstein and Aronofsky declined. . (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Will the Left Quash Obama's Health Care Hopes? Sep 30, 2009
And to have some legal safeguards against collusion and price-fixing among them. Remember, for decades, rightwingers have been preaching the gospel that "the marketplace" will ALWAYS be more efficient than any government enterprise. (Slate)
Public Plan Pits Democrat Vs. Democrat Sep 30, 2009
You assume that lack of competition is by collusion between insurance companies. States actually limit what insurance companies can offer policies in many states. (CBS News)
Man with a licence to print money Sep 26, 2009
So it is very difficult to see how Premier could be operating in anything other than operating entirely in collusion with Cabcharge or CCN [Combined Communications Network. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Grassley: ACORN Uses Tax-Exempt Entities to Funnel Money to Itself Sep 26, 2009
Jonathan Blum, an acting director at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) -- part of the bloated HHS bureaucracy -- was apparently responsible for issuing the order late Monday in collusion with his old boss, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mt. (Human Events Online)
HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy... Sep 25, 2009
After reading most of the comments I would like to point out a fact that is influencing and propping up the dollar and by association all fiat currencies: 1 Collusion of all central banks and governments by proxy. The power to create wealth for those that control the printing press for instant gratification of those in power. (The Drudge Report)
The Case for Higher Interest Rates Sep 24, 2009
While Japanese-style government-Wall Street collusion is clearly growing in the U.S., we don t have the key ingredients of Japan s balancing act. There is no giant pool of domestic savings, and battered American investors still have options that may be more appealing than a 2 percent yield on a Treasury bond. (The American Conservative)
Bernard Madoff, Adam Smith, and capitalism's moral crisis Sep 22, 2009
Not the kind of greed that gets you thrown in jail, but a more pernicious strain, the greed that breaks no laws but turns a blind eye, that relies on the quiet collusion of the morally bankrupt and the grossly negligent. The Gordon Gekkos of the world are rolling their eyes. (Christian Science Monitor)
Five Health Care Promises Obama Won't Keep Sep 22, 2009
"The poor (and many small businesses) will be given subsidies and NOT be mandated to buy insurance. Did you not hear or read a copy of President Obama's speech to Congress. He said this. It has always been a part of his proposal. by nolle61 September 21, 2009 12:42 PM EDT Promises Broken? Are we really surprised that these promises are being broken when this president denies any association with ACORN? He denies knowing Reverend Wright was a radical racist. He denies William Ayers is an admitted... (CBS News)
Macau's seedy casino war turns to gold Sep 22, 2009
" The general manager says Macau's casinos are just one transit point in a giant underground banking network that involves junket operators in mass collusion with Chinese officials, and spans the Chinese diaspora. Critics accuse Melco Crown of starting a "commission war" by offering AMA a 1.35 per cent junket commission rather than the standard 1.25 per cent, although Melco Crown says AMA is being paid an extra 0.1 per cent for providing the extra service of "junket aggregator". The extra... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Syria - belatedly - seeks redress Sep 22, 2009
"There is probable cause to believe that the decision to assassinate former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri could not have been taken without the approval of top-ranked Syrian security officials and could not have been further organized without the collusion of their counterparts in the Lebanese security services," said the report. Syria appealed for a UN inquiry into the report's author in a September 17 letter to the UN, with Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem writing that Mehlis and his... (Asia Times Online)
Obama: Health Mandate Not a Tax Increase Sep 21, 2009
Pratically they will raise prices because the collusion between the "panel" and the insurance companies will ensure we all get fleeced ... "Pratically they will raise prices because the collusion between the "panel" and the insurance companies will ensure we all get fleeced.". (CBS News)
Manipur between drugs, narcotics Sep 20, 2009
A six-month-long field trip helped her realize the collusion between insurgents and traffickers, funds for weapons-training were raised from the arms trade and land for poppy cultivation was controlled by insurgents, with one armed insurgent group set up exclusively for the ganja trade, she alleges. She also found 19 illegal drug refineries on this trip. (India Times)
Entering Gaza: The Hard Way in from Egypt Sep 20, 2009
Indeed, the collusion between Egypt and Israel was evident on Tuesday. Aid convoys entering through Rafah Gate are diverted to Kerem Shalom to be subject to Israeli controls. (Time.com)
'Bold Move'... Sep 19, 2009
I love all these morons who are on the side of big business all the while big business is taking your job and sending it elsewhere, lobbying to screw you out of medical care, infringing on your privacy by working in collusion with intelligence agencies to read your emails, interfering with the political system of this country by bribing officials, and hiding American dollars away in offshore accounts. You are more concerned with using hyperbole to cover for the fact that you can't stand having a... (The Drudge Report)
Turning up the Heat on Gadget Makers to Bring Peace to Congo Sep 19, 2009
It's a mafia state run by a collusion of these predatory institutions - the government army and the militia groups and neighboring governments and their armies. And they make about U.S.$180 Million a year from the tin, tantalum, and tungsten. (allAfrica.com)
Is dignity dependent on driving privileges? Sep 19, 2009
Years of collusion among the automobile industry, commercial and residential developers, and large corporate providers of services and goods have left us with countless neighborhoods tethered to the automobile. In those neighborhoods, if elderly residents are to remain independent and be allowed to age in place, they must drive or be affluent. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Obama helps strengthen GENERAL ELECTRIC-Putin ties... Sep 18, 2009
And both of them got their power by the collusion and help of the American Government when LIBERAL DEMOCRATS were in POWER. If you believe in KARMA or REAPING WHAT YOU SOW: a lot of blood will be required of you, and it will probably be at the hands of Muslims, Soviets, and Chinese. All 3 have made cruelty and brutality and "art form". (The Drudge Report)
