Source : NYT LG, Sharp and CPT admitted guilt of having had an illicit agreement re the price of LCD screens. We were direct victims since many manufacturers of laptops, Apple included, were forced to overpay between 2001 and 2006 for these components intended for their laptops by a few tens of Euros.
To bring the procedure to a close, the 3 companies agreed to pay a fine of 585 million Dollars.
The investigations are not yet finished, screens intended for other products, LCD television sets and monitors, have been also affected by this embezzlement.
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