A half-billion dollar settlement ended one civil class action lawsuit in April.
Overseas cases are likely.
The current indictment reportedly accuses the auction houses of working together to set the rates they charged customers to sell works at auction during a six-year period that ended in 1999. Hear more as Morning Edition host Bob Edwards discusses the developments with NPR's David D'Arcy. High Tech Companies Change Course on Recruits High tech firms who were hot on the heels of college graduates just months ago now find themselves reversing field as the national economic slowdown cuts into profits. Companies like Intel are achieving job cuts by paying recent recruits a bonus to walk away from the position that had been offered. The recruits wind up with two months' salary and companies are able to reduce payroll in a relatively painless manner.