EU fines European, Japanese makers for cartel deal

Oct. 7, 2009
The European Union says it its fining three European and three Japanese makers of power transformers a total of euro67.6 million for agreeing not to sell their in each other's markets. EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes said Wednesday their "gentlemen's...
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