https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Competition authorities pounded two German potato packing firms on Thursday with a massive fine for secretly agreeing prices for their sacks of spuds. https://www.thelocal.de/20180503/german-authorities-bonn-smash-potato-packers-cartel Thu, 03 May 2018 19:36:55 +0200 german-authorities-bonn-smash-potato-packers-cartel Sausage makers in Germany head to court on Tuesday to fight back against a record anti-trust fine for years of alleged price fixing in a sizzling scandal involving the nation's favourite food. https://www.thelocal.de/20171219/bangers-and-cash-german-sausage-makers Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:39:02 +0100 bangers-and-cash-german-sausage-makers Germany's financial regulator confirmed Monday it is investigating whether Volkswagen and Daimler failed to notify investors properly following reports that they informed cartel authorities of secret talks with other carmakers that could amount to collusion. https://www.thelocal.de/20170807/financial-watchdog-probing-german-carmakers-cartel Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:33:02 +0200 financial-watchdog-probing-german-carmakers-cartel The federal competition watchdog is investigating social media giant Facebook for a possible breach of Germans’ constitutional rights. https://www.thelocal.de/20160302/facebook-under-investigation-by-german-anti-cartel-office Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:11:09 +0100 facebook-under-investigation-by-german-anti-cartel-office Steel managers who were fixing prices and dividing up the railway track market took Deutsche Bahn employees to brothels after talking business over dinner, spending more than €71,000 on “entertaining” over five years. https://www.thelocal.de/20120911/44895 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:36:00 +0200 44895