When the US Department of Justice sued Apple and five major book publishers over alleged e-book price rigging, it immediately became clear that a few of these companies would do just about anything to avoid trial.

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It is because the market was opened up to competition after years of inefficiency and price-rigging.

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The FSA has identified price-rigging dating back to 2005, yet some current and former traders say that problems go back much further than that.

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Price-rigging is probably often more imagined than real.

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Do you have evidence that there is any, as you put it, bid rigging or price fixing?

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Today there are no rules outlawing bid rigging, price fixing, and other insurance company practices that will drive up health care costs, and often drive up their own profits as well.

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