<story><title>EU fines Asus, Denon-Marantz, Philips and Pioneer $130M for online price fixing</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/24/eu-fines-asus-denon-marantz-philips-and-pioneer-130m-for-online-price-fixing/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ge0rg</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s funny how almost one hundred years after the Phoebus cartel[0], Philips is still participating in anti-competitive behavior. Apparently the invisible hand of the market is not so well suited after all.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Phoebus_cartel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Phoebus_cartel&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>EU fines Asus, Denon-Marantz, Philips and Pioneer $130M for online price fixing</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/24/eu-fines-asus-denon-marantz-philips-and-pioneer-130m-for-online-price-fixing/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>JazCE</author><text>This doesn&amp;#x27;t surprise me.  Having been in the market for a AV Receiver recently, I was amazed at how little fluctuation in price there was between all the online stores for the likes of Denon and Marantz equipment.</text></comment>