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Charges Of Price Fixing On European Christmas TreesPARIS — The state prosecutor for serious economic crimes charged the Christmas Tree Growers Association with anticompetitive price fixing and said he would bring the growers to court in the spring. Denmark, a major grower of the Nordmann pine, exports about 10 million trees a year, mainly to Germany, Britain and France. “We accuse them of having guided their members on what prices to expect or take,” the prosecutor, Hans Jakob Folker, told Reuters. The Growers Association said prices rose, by as much as 20 percent, because of a shortage of trees when some left the business after an oversupply led prices to collapse a few years ago. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationJerusalem Journal: Israel’s Unexpected Spinoff From a Holocaust Trial...US at a loss as Iraq helicopter toll mounts... World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Attack on Rabbi Is Condemned... Diver used chisel to fight off shark that swallowed his head... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Charges Of Price Fixing On European Christmas Trees |
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