. >>> the nine manufacturers include hitachi, mitsubishi and m its uba. he said the ongoing investigation is the largest ever by u.s. antitrust regulators and that does it in business for this hour. i'll leave you with a check on markets. >>> an executive from novartis has apologized to people because of a scandal involving one of the company's popular drugs. administrators have said some clinical data used to promote diovan may have been manipulated. it's used to treat high blood pressure. a former employee took clinical tests at medical schools. to make it seem it is more effective in other medications in sprenting strokeses and angina. david epstein visited the health ministry along with the head of the firm's tokyo unit. house minister said the revelation had caused anxiety and confusion among patients who suffer from high blood pressure. he discussed the issue in a closed door meeting. according to the ministry, epstein said novartis played no part in the data manipulation and that management within the aware of the actions. a health panel is expecte

the company has been struggling ever since its establishment through a merger of hitachi, nec and mitsubishi electric. they've posted losses for eight straight years. >>> in october, company officials plan to draw up a turn-around plan. >>> one of asia's largest exhibitions of digital household appliances and electronic technologies will kick off near tokyo on tuesday. nearly 600 companies and organizations from japan and overseas will showcase their latest i.t. technologies at the fair. a major telemun indications company will exhibit their eyeglasses. users look through the device, english sentences are automatically translated into japanese. the device can also display a virtual menu and keyboard in front of their eyes. they can choose a variety of functions like photos and movies. meanwhile, the four japanese automakers are showing off car technology. one is displaying the self-driving system. it senses the movements of other cars and enables the driver to pass automatically. the fair will continue through saturday. >>> competition in china's apparel market is heating up. the operator of

as we said, the biggest, $195 million goes to hitachi motive which sells ignitions and alternators as does mitsubishi electric. mitsuba will pay $135 million. none of the companies has responded to our request for a comment. this has been a long-running investigation for the justice department's antitrust television involving the auto parts industry. today's charges bring the number of companies implicated to 20. the number of executives charged to 21. $1.6 billion in fines. and by the way, transparent pricing would help u.s. auto parts makers and a inform them including johnson controls, borg-warner, federal mogul up big on the day. tyler, back to you. >> scott, thank you very much. >>> so what's in a name? it seem like a lot when it comes to health care in america. isn't that right, steve liesman? >> yeah, that's right. what is in a name? if you call it obamacare, what do american think? what happens if you call it the affordable care act? you're going to want to stick around and hear these answers when "power lunch" comes right back. (vo) you are a business pro. maestro of project

the names that we know thus far, hitachi and mitsubishi. this is reportedly a part of a long-term investigation in the auto parts industry and there have been a number of cases here and there over time in terms of collusion, price fixing and so on in the auto parts industry. he will be appearing with scott hammond the long-term leader of the anti-trust division, who is actually leaving next week. this is maybe a sort of a kroung achievement for him. in a news conference with eric holder, with so much going on in white collar crime, krnl issues, j.p. morgan, all of that talk, he is likely to get other questions as well. we are monitoring that closely. the headline and the think bringing the attorney general out this morning is this reported $740 million plea agreement involving a criminal case in the anti-trust division involving auto parts. we are monitoring it. we will keep you posted. back to you. >> scott, thanks very much. at the same time, attorney general eric holder meeting with ceo jamie diamond in washington this morning. kate kell