South Korea's Fair Trade Commission raids major paint manufacturers including KCC, Noroo Paint, and Kangnam Jevisco over suspected price-fixing collusion during recent product price increases, with investigators also searching industry trade association offices.
#YonhapInfomax #FairTradeCommission #PriceFixing #PaintIndustry #KCC #AntitrustInvestigation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=112786
South Korea's Antitrust Regulator Raids Paint Makers Over Price-Fixing Allegations
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission raids major paint manufacturers including KCC, Noroo Paint, and Kangnam Jevisco over suspected price-fixing collusion during recent product price increases, with investigators also searching industry trade association offices.
South Korean prosecutors raid SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil, and HD Hyundai Oilbank over allegations of colluding to manipulate domestic fuel prices, following President Lee Jae-myung's directive to prevent unjust profits in the oil refining industry.
#YonhapInfomax #PriceFixing #OilRefiners #SKEnergy #GSCaltex #ProsecutorsRaid #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=111452
Prosecutors Raid Four Major Oil Refiners Over Price-Fixing Allegations
South Korean prosecutors raid SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil, and HD Hyundai Oilbank over allegations of colluding to manipulate domestic fuel prices, following President Lee Jae-myung's directive to prevent unjust profits in the oil refining industry.
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission fines nine pork suppliers 3.2 billion won for price-fixing in E-Mart contracts worth 19 billion won, following similar cartels in sugar, flour, and starch syrup industries, with six corporations referred to prosecution.
#YonhapInfomax #FairTradeCommission #PriceFixing #PorkSuppliers #EMart #CartelInvestigation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=109542
Pork Price-Fixing Uncovered Following Sugar, Flour, Starch Syrup Cartels - Sunjin and 8 Others Fined (Comprehensive)
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission fines nine pork suppliers 3.2 billion won for price-fixing in E-Mart contracts worth 19 billion won, following similar cartels in sugar, flour, and starch syrup industries, with six corporations referred to prosecution.
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission launches investigation into four major starch syrup manufacturers for operating a 7.5-year price-fixing cartel affecting 6.2 trillion won ($4.3 billion) in sales, with companies controlling 90% of the domestic B2B market facing potential fines up to 20% of related revenues.
#YonhapInfomax #StarchSyrupCartel #FairTradeCommission #PriceFixing #CJCheilJedang #B2BMarket #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=108467
South Korea's Antitrust Watchdog Uncovers $4.3 Billion Starch Syrup Cartel – Daesang, Sajo CPK, Samyang, CJ CheilJedang Under Investigation
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission launches investigation into four major starch syrup manufacturers for operating a 7.5-year price-fixing cartel affecting 6.2 trillion won ($4.3 billion) in sales, with companies controlling 90% of the domestic B2B market facing potential fines up to 20% of related revenues.
President Lee Jae-myung warns oil refiners that price-fixing cartels are serious crimes against the people, vowing legal action as gasoline prices exceed 1,800 won nationwide following his proposal for price cap intervention in the petroleum market.
#YonhapInfomax #PriceFixing #OilRefiners #GasolinePrices #PriceCapSystem #MarketIntervention #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=108380Pluralistic: The whole economy pays the Amazon tax (25 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
EPIC shakedown -> kickback the trump team performed here:
Weeks after "accusing" the 90% #phosphorous #duopoly of #priceFixing, the commodus-in-chief invokes the #DefenseProductionAct, which 'protects them from going out of business and shields them from regulatory or financial pressures. It also ensures any rule or regulation "does not place the corporate viability of any domestic producer of elemental #phosphorus or #glyphosate based herbicides at risk'
(Thread 1/2 )👇👇
https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/01/usdas-vaden-accuses-nutrien-mosaic-of-fertilizer-price-collusion/
USDA's Vaden Accuses Nutrien, Mosaic of Fertilizer Price Collusion - Farm Policy News
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden (last week) accused Nutrien and Mosaic of working to 'collude' to limit U.S. fertilizer supply and control prices, suggesting that the administration could take future action to inject more competition into markets, if necessary.
How Walmart And Pepsico Rigged Prices And Supercharged Food Inflation
A newly unredacted FTC complaint shows that Pepsi and Walmart worked together to rig grocery pricing and protect Walmart’s dominance.
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.Feb 25
CBC Top Stories
CBC Canada
Yonhap Infomax News
Incognitim
smeg