3 LCD firms plead guilty in price-fixing scheme

November 12, 2008 By LARA JAKES JORDAN , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Three electronics firms have agreed to plead guilty and pay $585 million in fines for conspiring to drive up prices for people buying computers, TVs and other LCD screens.

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