Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Fixing Pasta Prices....

Italy's competition regualtor is investigating pasta manufacturers over alleged price fixing. In September consumer groups staged a pasta strike to protest against rising food prices. They claim that after a meeting of the major pasta producers in Rome prices rose by 20%. Denying that they are operating a cartel, manufacturers argued that they are merely pasing on the rising cost of durum wheat, from which Italian pasta is made.

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