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Fix To set the price of a good or service, especially by the collusion of two or more companies. For example, two railroad companies may agree to set an artificially high price for train tickets. If these companies control a sufficient market share of railroads, then customers have no choice but to pay the high prices. In general, price fixing is illegal, but some governments ? especially in developing economies ? both allow and encourage the practice. Neo-liberal economists consider price fixing an inefficient practice, and in the United States it is a criminal offense under the Sherman Act. See also: Antitrust. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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with Keith Goddard, president of Capital Advisors Growth Fund, who scouts for blue-chip companies that stumble because of problems he sees as fixable. : the kind of thing that rankles and seems so easily fixable. is really not that complicated, if you hold a fixable grip with your marketing strategies. |
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