KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge on May 15 ordered Dow Chemical Co. to pay $1.21 billion in damages after it lost a class action that accused it of conspiring to fix prices.

A jury verdict in February called for Dow to pay $400 million in damages. The jury decided that Dow had participated in a price-fixing conspiracy involving the chemical urethane, which is used in a wide variety of products.

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