Ahold suppliers charged in the US
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US prosecutors charge nine food vendors with helping Dutch retailer Ahold inflate earnings by more than $1bn.
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Sellers uhappy with higher fees are looking to Overstock.com as an alternative.
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The current account deficit of the United States hit a record high of 164.7 billion US dollars in the third quarter of this year as a result of increasing demand for imported
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The World Trade Organization today approved tariffs on US goods to retaliate for a US law that has given American companies $750 million in customs levied on foreign competitors since 2001.
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Celanese Chemicals (NYSE:CE) will increase off-list selling prices for all solvent products, as listed below, effective Oct. 1, 2006, or as contracts allow.                       USA, Canada and Mexico  South and Central America        Product              US $/LB.
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U.S. authorities said on Tuesday they had charged 29 people in a scheme to smuggle counterfeit goods including designer handbags and jeans into the United States, mostly from China, worth $700 million.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has launched four investigations involving the import of computers or electronic device components, including one based on a complaint that several companies are violating patents on DRAM chips.The USITC also voted to launch an investigation, based on a complaint by IBM, into the import of motherboards, graphics cards, notebook computers, server computers, bare-bones computers, and routers by Asustek Computer of Taiwan and Asus Computer International of Fremont, Calif.In the DRAM case, Tessera of San Jose, Calif., filed a complaint on Dec. 7 alleging that 18 companies violated its patents for semiconductor chips with a minimized chip package size. Acer and Kingston Technology are among the companies named in Tessera&#39;s complaint.The commission on Friday also announced it has initiated so-called 337 investigations into the import of silicon microphone packages used in mobile phones and semiconductor lasers used in disc drives.In the Tessera complaint, the company accused competitors of violating four semiconductor patents. The company has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, as well as the USITC complaint. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted reexamination requests on two of those patents.Representatives of Acer and Kingston didn&#39;t immediately respond to a request for comments on the USITC investigation.IBM filed a complaint on Dec. 5, asking the USITC to bar Asustek and North American subsidiary Asus Computer International from importing equipment using PC power supplies, cooling fans, and clustering technologies into the United States. IBM accused Asustek of infringing three patents related to those technologies.IBM attempted to reach a licensing agreement with Asustek after a licensing deal expired in December 2004, an IBM spokesman said in December. An Asus spokeswoman didn&#39;t immediately respond to a request for comments.The semiconductor laser complaint covers lasers used in high-definition disc drives. The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Seoul Semiconductor of Korea on Dec. 4, alleging that Nichhia of Japan has violated its patent.In the silicon microphone case, the patented technology covers microphones in several devices, including mobile phones. The complaint, filed by Knowles Electronics of Itasca, Ill., on Dec. 6, alleges that Mems Technology Berhad of Malaysia has violated its patents.The cases will be referred to an administrative law judge, who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The judge will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of Section 337 of the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930. That initial determination is subject to review by the USITC.Within 45 days, the commission will set a target date for completing the investigations.
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Private equity and trade  buyers are lining up bids for Dutch retailer Ahold's   3 billion euro ($3.8 billion) U.S. Foodservice  division, British newspaper The Business reported on Sunday.
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Contractor charged with defrauding the company of $10 million. Also: Mass. man allegedly uses false identities to order parts.
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For years, cheap food and feed were taken for granted in the United States. Now the price of some foods is rising sharply, and a blame alert is under way.
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A surprising number of items on eBay are available for just one cent. So where is the profit? (Hint: Watch those shipping charges.)
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A US Commerce Department order finalizing penalty tariffs against shrimp imports from four nations is bringing praise from US shrimp fishermen and criticism from distributors who say it means higher prices for US consumers.
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KING COUNTY - A nasty surprise for fishermen and apple growers. The World Trade Organization says there will be tariffs on those products and heavy machinery from the United States.
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Returns of products that do not  easily link together or work like consumers believe they should  is costing manufacturers, communication carriers and  electronics retailers almost $14 billion a year in the United  States, according to Accenture.
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Retail theft and fraud cost U.S.  retailers a record $41.6 billion last year, although the  percent of sales the industry lost through activities like  organized crime and employee theft remained almost flat,  according to a survey released on Monday.
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Some Canadian pharmacies are looking at countries like Britain, Ireland and New Zealand for their drug supplies as demand from the US increases, USA Today said.