Jay farnswood is the president of a local group of real estate agents. at their monthly luncheon meeting, farnswood stood and told his colleagues that he simply could not survive by charging the 5 percent commission rate and noted, "i don't know what the rest of you are going to do, but i am going to charge 6 percent commission on all my listings starting today."
farnswood's statements:

a. constitute price-fixing.
b. only reflect his intentions; there is no agreement to fix prices.
c. constitute an attempt to monopolize.
d. none of the above

Option A

Explanation: Price fixing is an arrangement between competitors that increases, decreases, or flattens rates or competing terms. In particular, the antitrust laws demand that each corporation, without negotiating with a competitor, set prices and other conditions by itself.

Price fixing applies not just to costs, but also to certain words that influence customers ' values, such as delivery charges, guarantees, rebate schemes, or levels of funding.

the first successful, urban blues recording, selling more than 75,000 copies, was made in year 1920.

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