The Competition Commission (COMCO) prohibits a price cartel in the context of air freight. Between 2000 and 2005 several airlines agreed on certain elements of the price for air freight transport. The COMCO fined the airlines 11 million Swiss Francs in total in connection with the agreement.
AT THE end of the week I'm heading off on a much-needed holiday. I'm intent on reading fiction while I'm gone. I've chosen parts two and three of the His...
A new study found that major e-commerce retailers show some users different prices or a different set of results.
Geoff Riley's recent post on the impact of falling iron ore prices on the Australian economy detailed some of the macroeconomic effects (falling GDP and exchange rate, rising unemployment) and...
UK steel manufacturers are urging the government to take steps to protect the industry in the face of what they describe as a 'perfect storm'.
A fairly bog standard subject - should tobacco taxes be higher? This article reporting on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health suggests that
China is likely to cut the floor price at which the state buys corn from farmers, in a move to address the severe distortions caused by its overhang of grains reserves. China’s grains and cotton imports have soared as the overly high price paid by
We know how to put the market to work by unlocking fuels that have the highest value in relation to their impact on the climate.
At the current rate of poaching, elephants will not exist in Africa in 12 years time’ Kelvin, educational officer for Game Rangers International(GRI), explains
Oil prices tumble to below $33 a barrel on Thursday as a result of rising US energy stockpiles and China's weakening currency.
Grocer to reduce more than 1,000 products in rolling programme of price cuts
