Word: fixed
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...Wall Street Journal reported that FBI videotapes of secret meetings between executives of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland and global competitors suggest a conspiracy to fix international prices on a popular food additive. The tapes were made possible by ADM executive Mark Whitacre, who was recently identified as a longtime FBI informant...
...That creates a market for cheaper high-fructose corn syrup, which has all but replaced sugar as an ingredient in soft drinks. Such a sweet deal made the head of a Chicago commodities firm wonder last week: "If ADM owns the markets and laws, why would it need to fix prices...
...trial-happy public that has grown accustomed to tuning in to CNN or Court TV for its daily courtroom fix, Howard's decision must have been a bitter blow. But Howard isn't the only judge in the 47 states that permit courtroom cameras who has been spooked by the Simpson case. Superior Court Judge Lawrence Antolini, who is currently presiding over the California trial of the accused murderer of Polly Klaas, has imposed a gag order on lawyers and restricted TV coverage to the first five minutes of each court day. Last week he vowed, "Nothing like...
...system. Today's opening shot: "The Republican cuts would cause $1,000 additional cost to the average senior citizen" and his or her family, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri said at a news conference. "They're doing it not to balance the budget, not even to fix Medicare, but to give a tax break to people who don't need a tax break." President Clinton plans to grab the baton Tuesday at a Medicare "birthday celebration" event on Capitol Hill, while Gephardt, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and other Democrats will attend a ceremony marking...
President Clinton,seeking middle ground on a charged presidential campaign issue,backed ratings systems and a "technological fix" to let parents -- rather than Hollywood -- keep broadcast sex and violence away from the eyes and ears of children. "Most of us believe there'stoo much indiscriminate violence, too much indiscriminate sex,too much callous degradation of women and sometimes of other people in various parts of our media today," the President told a family-values conference in Nashville. Clinton's solution: the "V-chip," an electronic circuit that would allow parents to block violent or otherwise objectionable material with remote controls...