A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03<span id="mwAZ4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>billion to cheated <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ" id="mwAZ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</a> investors to compensate for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing" id="mwAaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Price fixing">price fixing</a>.