Bayer Unit Agrees to Fine for Price Fixing
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Bayer’s U.S. unit agreed to plead guilty and pay a $33-million fine for conspiring to fix prices of a chemical used to make plastic grocery bags and other consumer products.
The guilty plea by Bayer Corp. would be the first in a U.S. government investigation into price fixing for the chemical additive used in a variety of products, the Justice Department said.
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