The two executives had known each other for years and had dined, played golf and worked together in an enormous global price-fixing conspiracy.

It has been more than two years since the price-fixing conspiracy exploded into public view.

For another year, the Government gathered evidence, allowing the price-fixing conspiracy to work and the crime to be completed.

But he wasn't; he was, in effect, engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy on his employer's behalf.

During that visit, Mr. Whitacre told the agent about a price-fixing conspiracy.

About the only thing the department did was go after price-fixing conspiracies, usually in the electrical and highway construction industries.

That sentence came even though, just a few months after the price-fixing conspiracy began, he brought the matter to the attention of the Government.

To the Bush Administration, the schools were engaging in a price-fixing conspiracy that deprived applicants of the opportunity to shop around for the best offer.

It charged AT&T with running a price-fixing conspiracy.

Mr. Whitacre was already charged last month with participating in the price-fixing conspiracy he exposed to the Government.