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Technology Stocks : Will SUNW bring down MSFT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RLM who wrote (792)	11/4/1997 3:35:00 PM
From: Normandi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 878

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department today filed suit against Ford > Motor Company, alleging that Ford's practice of "bundling" > radios with its cars was a monopolistic restriction of trade, and an > unfair competitive practice against makers of car radios such as > Alpine and Pioneer. > > "We feel that it is wrong for Ford to give away what other > companies charge for," said Joe Klein, head of the DOJ's > antitrust division. "Furthermore, requiring that Ford dealers > deliver cars to consumers with radios preinstalled restricts consumer > choice." > > Justice demanded that Ford immediately cease shipping cars with > radios, and that it provide current Ford owners with easy > instructions for removing their existing radios. Klein also asked a > judge to impose a $1,000,000 per day fine on Ford for each day it > failed to comply. "Usually, antitrust fines are about $10,000 per > day," Klein said. Klein called the amount of the requested fine > "unprecendented", but then said, "Well, you know, what > the hell." > > >