> ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Richard Winter forwarded: > > > He noted that the Sherman antitrust act prohibits market > > allocation and that companies have paid hundreds of millions of > > dollars in fines in recent years for violating it. > > Can anyone explain to me what "market allocation", as referred to > above, > means? > > yes, it means that companies cannot conspire to 'carve up' markets. there was a recent case involving dairy companies and their bids for school milk contracts ... they "took turns" offering the low bid. they were convicted for anti-trust violation. does that help? kathy ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
