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Major US petrol retailers including Walmart, BP, and Marathon Petroleum face a California lawsuit alleging they used AI algorithms to illegally inflate fuel prices, marking the first case under strict new state antitrust legislation.
Singapore shipping magnate Teo Siong Seng and other container industry executives face civil lawsuits in the United States over allegations of coordinating a global price-fixing cartel that artificially inflated container prices.
Japan's competition regulator has raided six leading ice cream manufacturers on suspicion of coordinating price increases over several years. The Fair Trade Commission is investigating whether firms colluded to raise prices beyond justified cost increases.