Tens of millions more will be protected from underinsurance, annual and lifetime limits, and unfair price increases.

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But in the aftermath, they received "hundreds and hundreds" of complaints including as many as 50 against a single station from consumers about unfair price hikes.

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If a foreign manufacturer is shown to be selling components at less than their true cost, the correct response might be for the government to offset that unfair price advantage in some way.

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It includes measures aimed at addressing issues like unfair competition, price hikes and forced goods purchases that Xinhua said plague the industry.

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But many customers have said they were unaware of such clauses, and that the sudden imposition of price rises in the middle of a supposedly fixed-price deal was unfair.

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Opponents of a minimum unit price say it is unfair because it penalises all drinkers, not just those who cause or have problems.

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Numerous lawsuits were filed against Mr. Abelson, Barron's and its parent company, Dow Jones, most by executives and companies who felt their stock price had suffered by unfair revelations in Mr. Abelson's column.

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The office then launched its investigation, comparing gas prices before and after the crisis under the state's Price Gouging Law, which prohibits merchants from taking unfair advantage of consumers by selling goods or services for an "unconscionably excessive price" during disasters.

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But Woods said many contracts were being awarded locally even when foreign firms offered a better price or a higher quality bid, and highlighted "complex public procurement procedures, unfair national preference and wavering commitment to competition and market liberalization" as key factors holding back the creation of a competitive and dynamic market.

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