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KARE 11 Investigates: Prescription Price Shell Game

Pharmacist counts prescription pills. Credit: KARE 11
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – A major company has rolled back the price of a potentially life-saving prescription drug after a KARE 11 News investigation. But the decision has some people asking how often we’re being overcharged on other medicines.


How List Prices Are Duping Customers Into False Deals

Everyone likes to get a good deal. But how do you really know that a discount is actually a discount? Over the past year, the validity of list prices has come under more scrutiny, with several retailers getting sued for using inflated original prices to make their advertised deals look better.




Goldman, JPMorgan, Glencore Defeat U.S. Lawsuit Over Zinc Prices

A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a private antitrust lawsuit in which zinc purchasers accused affiliates of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Glencore Plc (GLEN.L) of conspiring to drive up the metal’s price. In an 87-page decision, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan said purchasers failed to show that the defendants artificially inflated zinc …



Goldman, JPMorgan, Glencore Defeat U.S. Lawsuit Over Zinc Prices

A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a private antitrust lawsuit in which zinc purchasers accused affiliates of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Glencore Plc (GLEN.L) of conspiring to drive up the metal’s price. In an 87-page decision, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan said purchasers failed to show that the defendants artificially inflated zinc …