Brussels, 05/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 5 December, the European Commission levied record fines of €1.47 billion - the highest yet - on seven international electronics companies for their decade-long involvement in one or two global cartels in cathode ray tubes for colour televisions and computer monitors.
From 1996 to 2006, Chunghwa, Samsung SDI, Philips, LG Electronics, Technicolor (ex-Thomson), Panasonic, Toshiba and MTPD (now a subsidiary of Panasonic) agreed on prices and the...