Casino, Intermarche's buying tie-up focus of EU antitrust probe
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French supermarket groups Casino and Intermarche are being investigated under an EU antitrust inquiry over a buying alliance formed five years ago which regulators said could have been used to illegally coordinate their actions.The move, announced by the European Commission on Monday, followed dawn raids of the supermarkets in February and May this year. Casino's shares fell on news of the EU investigation.Casino and Intermarche set up their purchasing alliance in France in..