Prosecutors in the federal antitrust investigation of Sotheby's and Christie's have evidence that a scheme to limit competition by fixing commissions charged to buyers and sellers was set in motion not by subordinates, but by the chairmen of the world's auction giants at the time, according to people involved in the investigation.
Prosecutors in the federal antitrust inquiry of Sotheby's and Christie's have evidence that a scheme to limit competition by fixing commissions charged to buyers and sellers was set in motion not by subordinates, but by two former chairmen of the world's auction giants, according to people involved in the investigation.
Suspicions about the auction houses, long rivals, gained momentum in January after lawyers for Christie's turned over internal files implicating both houses in schemes to limit competition and fix commissions.
B13 BUSINESS DAY C1-18 Auction House Investigation Federal antitrust investigators have evidence that A. Alfred Taubman, who was chairman of Sotheby's, and Sir Anthony Tennant, who was chairmen of Christie's, set in motion a scheme in the early to mid-1990's to limit competition by fixing commissions charged to buyers and sellers, according to people in the inquiry.
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Citing rising fixed costs and competition from energy storage and microgrids, Leonard Hyman and William Tilles predicted a "death spiral" for utilities where rising prices create ever-reinforcing incentives for customers to find cheaper power elsewhere.
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