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DRAM Makers Accused of Price Fixing
AdamWeeden writes "According to the EETimes, many of the states in the U.S. have entered into a class-action lawsuit against a group of eight DRAM manufacturers. The companies are accused of price-fixing computer memory for over five years, beginning in the late 1990s." From the article: "Four companies and 12 executives have so far pleaded guilty to participating in the conspiracy and have been assessed more than $730 million in fines. In May, three of the four companies, Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG agreed to pay a total of $160 million to settle class action suits related to price fixing. Elpida Memory Inc., the fourth company to plead guilty, is still involved in the class-action suits."
Wow, its been awhile since we've had a dupe I think.
After skimming the first twenty posts here, it occurred to me that we need to amend Godwin's law: that the probability tends to one that any online discussion not beginning with a mention of Bill Gates ends up invoking Hitler.
The comments I noted concerning Bill Gates were making no discernible progress toward climax.