Even Hong Kong — lauded by the Heritage Foundation as the world's freest economy (de facto cartels affect the port to supermarkets to electricity to cement) — has failed to pass the kind of antimonopoly statutes that are a central pillar of developed economies around the world. ❋ Unknown (2007)
These cases may indicate that China is using the antimonopoly law largely for domestic policy purposes such as preventing artificial price inflation in foodstuffs, rather than as a tool against foreign investment. ❋ Peter Wang (2010)
The antimonopoly law adopted in 2008 has served mainly as a mechanism to block or attach conditions to large mergers. ❋ Aaron Back (2011)
When Coke made its bid, the ink on China's new antimonopoly law wasn't yet dry. ❋ Tom Orlik (2011)
"Temasek is disappointed that its application for Civil Review has been rejected as it has not contravened Indonesia's antimonopoly laws," Goh Yong Siang , Temasek's senior managing director of strategic relations, said in a statement. ❋ P.R. Venkat (2011)
TOKYO— Denso Corp. said Wednesday that Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided its headquarters and some sales branches on suspicion of violation of antimonopoly laws regarding the sale of certain automotive components. ❋ Yoshio Takahashi (2011)
The rules, which were announced Tuesday and take effect Feb. 1, come after Beijing said that ensuring price stability will be a priority, and that it was bringing competition and pricing practices closer to international standards following its adoption of a basic antimonopoly law in 2008. ❋ Aaron Back (2011)
Russia's antimonopoly agency has repeatedly accused the country's top oil producers such as OAO Rosneft , OAO Lukoil Holdings and TNK-BP Ltd. of increasing prices for diesel and jet fuel. ❋ Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen (2011)
China's antimonopoly laws are no longer being used as a protectionist tool, said Marc Waha , a partner at law firm Norton Rose, who is based in Hong Kong. ❋ Laurie Burkitt (2011)
Li Qing, deputy director of the NDRC's price supervision and antimonopoly department, at the time said the agency believed the two operators were using what she said was a roughly two-thirds market share to charge rivals higher fees for broadband access while failing to optimize network speed. ❋ Owen Fletcher (2011)
The latest raids follow the warning by Japan's FTC last month to three automobile wire harness makers—Yazaki Corp., Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. and Fujikura Ltd.—that they violated antimonopoly laws by forming a cartel, the companies said Wednesday. ❋ Yoshio Takahashi (2011)
Ltd. Tuesday said that it will pay a 15 billion Indonesian-rupiah US$1.7 million fine after Indonesia's Supreme Court again rejected Temasek's request for a review of a previous ruling that it breached antimonopoly laws. ❋ P.R. Venkat (2011)
Some analysts and Televisa officials say that while Mr. Slim's action pressures Televisa to lower its advertising rates, it is also retaliation against a complaint filed by Televisa with Mexico's antimonopoly entity, the Federal Competition Commission, or CFC, questioning the nature of Telmex's business relationship with DishMexico, a satellite television service. ❋ José De Córdoba (2011)
The Competition Commission, the U.K.'s antimonopoly regulator, is probing BSkyB's dominance in Britain's pay-TV movie market. ❋ Paul Sonne (2012)
Many foreign businesses greeted the passage two years ago of China's first antimonopoly law with trepidation. ❋ Peter Wang (2010)
In the past, major state-owned companies have been largely exempt from China's antimonopoly enforcement efforts. ❋ Owen Fletcher (2011)
Mr. Yao said the ministry received applications from Swiss food group Nestle SA to acquire Chinese candy maker Hsu Fu International Ltd., and the application is being processed by China's antimonopoly bureau. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Russia's antimonopoly service, FAS, said Kores is indeed Russian. ❋ Matthew Curtin (2010)
"The four companies were found to have violated antimonopoly laws and the Business Practices Law," said Nawir Messi , the chairman of KPPU's panel of judges, which fined Pertamina 10 billion rupiah ($1.1 million), Medco Energi five billion rupiah ($557,000), Medco E & P one billion rupiah ($111,000) and Mitsubishi 15 billion rupiah ($1.7 million). ❋ Joko Harianto (2011)
China's rules come as part of the antimonopoly law it rolled out in 2008. ❋ Unknown (2011)
