IT'S WRONG - BUT HOW WRONG?

摘要

We've had 18 months of revelations, allegations, explanations and appeals. Now the Office of Fair Trading is about to reveal which of the 112 contractors it accused of anti-competitive practices will be fined - and by how much. As officials make the final calculations, it's worth making one final plea for them to keep the fines in perspective.rnWhen the watchdog announced its probe back in April 2008, accompanied by panicky reports of industry-wide cartels and amusing "Can we price fix it?" headlines, industry leaders, lawyers, and even some clients, argued that things weren't quite what they appeared to be at first sight.