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StarKist's recent sentencing hearing in US federal court raised the possibility of it selling its $155m stake in South Korean bottle maker Techpack Solutions to help it afford a coming fine

By Jason Smith | June 17, 2019 18:04 BST
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A hearing to sentence StarKist & Co. on price-fixing charges has been delayed until August as a judge wants more information about whether the US canner can sell an investment in a South Korean bottle-making firm in order to help pay a fine that could stretch to $100 million. [...]

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