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The article states that the U.S. government agency the Justice Department and the New York State agency the Department of Financial Services (DFS) were investigating allegations of collusion among bank traders to bolster profits by decreasing prices at U.S. government debt auctions as of early September 2015. The article presents comments from University of Houston professor in finance Craig Pirrong.

The article states that U.S. airline companies flew 11,475 fewer domestic flights during the third week of July 2015 than during the same week in 2011. According to the article, several cities such as Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Memphis, Tennessee, and Newport News, Virginia, saw significant reductions in flights. The article states that the U.S. government agency the Justice Department initiated an investigation concerning possible collusion among U.S. airline companies such as American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Southwest Airlines to shrink flight schedules in order to increase prices.

The article discusses the U.S. airline industry practice known as upguaging and its potential impact on customers. According to the article, the practice involves offering more seats on larger planes but fewer available flights. The article states that the U.S. government agency the Justice Department was investigating possible collusion between U.S. airlines American Airlines Group Inc., United Continental Holdings, Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., and Southwest Airlines Co. concerning a limitation on service increases in violation of antitrust laws.

The article states that U.S. airlines American Airlines Group Inc., United Continental Holdings Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., and Southwest Airlines Co. confirmed in early July 2015 that they were being investigated by the U.S. government agency the Justice Department concerning possible collusion in order to keep airfares high. According to the article, the Justice Department requested documents from the airlines concerning expansions and meetings between the airlines.

The article reports that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that an employee of financial services company HSBC Holdings PLC leaked confidential client information to hedge fund Moore Capital Management LLC. Topics include international investigations of misconduct in the foreign-exchange market; possible collusion between major banks, and between banks and favored clients; and a discussion of whether such activities could have influenced dramatic currency-value swings.

The article discusses a suit filed by smartphone maker Motorola Mobility against several makers of liquid-crystal-display panels including Samsung Electronics Co., LG Display Co., and Sharp Corp. Motorola alleges the panel producers colluded to fix prices. A major issue to be decided is whether a U.S. court is the appropriate venue for adjudicating losses Motorola sustained on devices sold abroad.

The article reports that in August, 2014 private-equity (PE) firms TPG, KKR & Co., and Blackstone Group LP agreed to pay $325 million to settle a suit claiming the companies had colluded to drive down prices PE firms paid in takeover deals. Earlier in the year Blackstone chief executive Stephen A. Schwarzman rebuked his counterpart Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for settling a similar suit, arguing that Goldman's move would raise the cost to Blackstone of its own later settlement.

The article discusses efforts by banks to identify collusion and other wrongdoing among their traders by using software to analyze traders' email messages, phone calls, and instant messages. Chase Information Technology Services Ltd., SAS, and HP Autonomy are among software companies whose products seek out suspicious phrases and patterns in traders' communications.

The article discusses the filing of class-action civil lawsuits in the U.S. against financial institutions such as Barclays PLC, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, and UBS AG for damages related to allegations of illegal manipulation of the London interbank offered rate (Libor).The banks claim that their actions do not constitute collusion or anticompetitive behavior, but lawyers for the plaintiffs charge that the implicated banks were an illegal cartel which defrauded lenders and borrowers.

The article reports that the U.S. Justice Department has begun investigating California tomato processors and large egg producers on suspicion of price collusion. Food production has been marked by substantial industry consolidation, and professor Peter Carstensen of the University of Wisconsin observes that collusion is easier to accomplish by larger firms.

The article discusses a U. S. federal investigation into possible collusion in the packaged-ice market. Martin McNulty, a former executive with Party Time Ice, is cooperating with investigators. Home City Ice Co. has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to reduce competition, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation has searched the offices of Reddy Ice Holdings Inc.

The article discusses suspicions of wrongdoing surrounding the title insurance industry. Allegations have surfaced that accuse firms of resorting to collusion and kickbacks to secure business. A lawsuit filed February 1, 2008 in New York City accuses several title insurance firms of illegal price-fixing in New York state.

This article describes a new service run by Bill Green that mediates disputes within fantasy sports leagues. Occasionally, transactions between teams in a fantasy league can elicit charges of collusion if other owners believe the transaction disproportionately favors one team. Green's website, fantasydispute.com, offers to hear both sides and issue a verdict for a $9.95 fee.

The article discusses an appeal from big technology companies in Silicon Valley, California over a case of collusion between the companies to keep employees' wages down, focusing on the rejection of a settlement offer by the involved entities.

The article discusses proceedings surrounding allegations that tech companies Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe Systems colluded not to hire each other's employees, focusing on the denial of a settlement by a federal judge.

The article anticipates a June 26, 2014 soccer match between the U.S. and German soccer teams as part of the FIFA World Cup tournament, focusing on the possibility that the U.S. and Germany could collude on a tie, thereby ensuring that they would both advance in the tournament.

The article focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court case Unite Here v. Mulhall concerning alleged collusion between the Mardi Gras greyhound racetrack in Florida and the union Unite Here's Local 355 which groundskeeper Martin Mulhall argues is forbidden by the 1947 Labor Management Relations Act.

The article reports that the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission has set rules to prevent price collusion and monopolistic pricing practices.

The article reports that bondholders represented by the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. in the bankruptcy-protection proceedings of Pacific Lumber Co. want to examine possible fraud in a settlement requiring the company to abandon its reorganization plan and support a competing proposal. The bank wants to determine if the deal is a product of fraud or collusion and was forced on Pacific Lumber. It involves investing fresh funds into Pacific Lumber under a reorganization plan offered by Marathon Asset Management and Mendocino Redwood Co.

The article reports that the World Bank may impose sanctions against several European chemical companies. According to the author, the companies may face possible debarment after they were alleged to have colluded to overcharge a bank-funded anti-malaria program. The firms, together with several other European and Indian companies, also face possible sanctions from the Indian government.

The article reports on the move of European Union (EU) investigators to raid drug firms for possible anticompetitive behavior in the pharmaceutical industry. Neelie Kroes, EU antitrust chief, cited that she was starting a sector inquiry on whether drug firms are blocking competitors from selling cheaper generic copies. The EU Commission interim report is expected to highlight the importance of both competition rules and intellectual-property rights. It is also examining collusion between firms.

Reports that German airline Lufthansa has offered to cooperate with U.S. federal prosecutors investigating possible price-fixing and collusion in the global air-cargo industry, in March 2006.

The article reports that major air cargo carriers were raided by U.S. and European antitrust enforces as part of an investigation into price-fixing and collusion in air cargo.

Focuses on the failure of Parmalat SpA milk company in Italy. Discussion of a report by Enrico Bondi, a special administrator appointed by the Italian government to restructure Parmalat; His findings that Parmalat's money was used to finance acquisitions and to pay bank debt, bonds, business losses, taxes and dividends; The amount thought to be siphoned off from the company and given to people or organizations associated with Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi; Finding that much of the squandered money came from bond investors and banks during the period 1990 and 2003; The amount of debt held by Parmalat when the fraud scandal broke last year; Foreign banks that were underwriters for the company's debt; Suggestion of collusion; Effort of Italian prosecutors to indict the Bank of America where Parmalat had a "fictitious" account. INSET: The Money Trail.

Focuses on the practice of corporations illegally driving down the prices of their suppliers. Indications across the United States that corporations conspired to push down suppliers prices, including the blueberry industry in Maine; Why the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is concerned about R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s acquisition of BAT PLC's Brown & Williamson unit; Comments from R. Hewitt Pate, the Justice Department's antitrust chief, regarding price fixing; Discussion of monopsony and oligopsony, which is when one or more companies gain enough power to drive their suppliers' prices down; Impact of globalization on the increase of oligopsony; Indications that market concentration is rising in certain sectors, like meatpacking and health insurance; Assessment of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. relative to supply chains.

Reports on the unwillingness of Stolt-Nielsen SA to punish executives over possible collusive activities at the company.