BRUSSELS — The European Union fined a group of computer chip makers €331.3 million, or $421 million, Wednesday for price-fixing in the first-ever settlement of a cartel case in Europe. Samsung of South Korea, the market leader, received the highest fine, €145.7 million, and Infineon, based in Germany, was second at €56.7 million. Those amounts were less than they could have been — by about 20 percent for Samsung and about 50 percent for Infineon — partly because...
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