Five chicken industry executives were acquitted Thursday in a Denver court of conspiring to fix prices from 2012 to 2019, a defeat for prosecutors that came after two mistrials.
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The U.S. has dropped all charges against five of the 10 defendants in a price-fixing case that targeted workers and executives from some of the nation's largest chicken producing companies.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal court in Denver on Thursday to drop price-fixing charges filed against five executi.