GERMANY: Watchdog probes consumer goods "cartel"
By: Dean Best | 15 January 2010
Germany's competition watchdog has opened a probe into an alleged cartel in the country's food retail sector.
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Germany's competition watchdog has opened a probe into an alleged cartel in the country's food retail sector.

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