Anti-competitive behaviour

Business news and markets: as it happened - May 15, 2013

Source: The Telegraph UK

Thank you for following and have a great evening. 17.45 More details on Regina Finn's resignation (see 17.15) - it will be effective from November and in a statement on Ofwat's website, the regulator said it was looking for a "smooth transition ...
Full article at: The Telegraph UK  More like this  May 15 2013, 11:55am CDT

EU warns China it is ready to launch telecoms dispute

Source: Globe and Mail

The European Commission warned China on Wednesday it was ready to launch an investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by producers of mobile telecommunications equipment, opening a new front in a trade offensive aga ...
Full article at: Globe and Mail  More like this  May 15 2013, 8:16am CDT

EU Raids Oil Companies in Price Reporting Probe

Source: The Epoch Times

The European Commission has raided oil companies in an investigation into the setting of oil prices. Shell, BP, and Statoil confirmed that they were co-operating with an investigation which follows recent criticism that oil pricing could be pr ...
Full article at: The Epoch Times  More like this  May 15 2013, 7:09am CDT

European authorities raid Shell, BP and Statoil offices to probe suspected manipulation of oil prices

Source: The Star Malaysia

LONDON/OSLO: European authorities have raided offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil in an investigation of suspected manipulation of oil prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions since the Libor rigging scandal. Authorities have shar ...
Full article at: The Star Malaysia  More like this  May 14 2013, 8:26pm CDT

Foundem advises EU to reject Google's proposed antitrust settlement

Source: V3.co.uk

The concessions come following the European Union's (EU) ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's search business. Foundem reports that the current proposed concessions will do nothing to alleviate Google's monop ...
Full article at: V3.co.uk  More like this  May 14 2013, 7:41pm CDT

Qantas – Emirates alliance authorised

Source: Scoop - New Zealand News

Hon Gerry Brownlee Minister of Transport 15 May 2013 Media Statement Qantas – Emirates alliance authorised Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has authorised a Master Coordination Agreement between Qantas and Emirates, opening the way to sha ...
Full article at: Scoop - New Zealand News  More like this  May 14 2013, 6:43pm CDT

BP and Shell headquarters raided in investigation over alleged petrol price fixing

Source: Mirror.co.uk

Two of Britain’s biggest oil companies were raided by investigators today over allegations that motorists have been ripped off at the petrol pump for years. The London headquarters of BP and Shell were searched for possibl ...
Full article at: Mirror.co.uk  More like this  May 14 2013, 5:23pm CDT

Petrol price 'rigged for a decade'

Source: The Telegraph

Robert Halfon, the MP for Harlow who has long campaigned for an investigation into the oil market, said high prices have been “crushing families across Britain”. He called for UK authorities to launch an urgent inquiry and for oil comp ...
Full article at: The Telegraph  More like this  May 14 2013, 3:57pm CDT

Oil Firms Probed On Price-Fixing

Source: Sky News

The commission said it had launched the investigation over suspected anti-competitive agreements related to the submission of prices to Platts, the world's leading oil pricing agency. "Officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises o ...
Full article at: Sky News  More like this  May 14 2013, 1:03pm CDT

Crude accounting practices fuel price mystery

Source: Stuff.co.nz

OPINION: Last century a European mathematician devised a thought experiment involving an accountant, a simplified statement of profit and loss, and a cardboard box. The accountant and the P ...
Full article at: Stuff.co.nz  More like this  May 7 2013, 6:05pm CDT



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