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FTC Approves Energy Transfer Partners' Application to Sell Heritage Propane Express to JP Energy Partners, LP
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners, GP, L.P., requesting approval to sell their...
FTC Settlement With Graco Inc. Protects Competition in the Market for Equipment Used to Apply Paint and Other Liquid Finishes
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The Federal Trade Commission will require Graco Inc., a leader in the worldwide market for key industrial finishing equipment, to sell the worldwide liquid finishing business of Illinois Tool Works...
FTC Staff: Proposed North Carolina Dental Services Law Would Likely Reduce the Benefits of Competition for Consumers
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Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from North Carolina Representative Stephen LaRoque, stated that a bill proposed in the North Carolina legislature would likely deny consumers...
FTC Approves Modified Final Order Settling Charges that Fresenius Medical Care's Acquisition of Liberty Dialysis Holdings Was Anticompetitive in Market for Outpatient Dialysis Clinics
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a modified final order settling charges that Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's acquisition of Liberty Dialysis...
Commission Approves Filing of Joint Amicus Brief with DOJ on Direct Purchaser Antitrust Issues
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The Commission has approved the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter of Ritz Camera & Image, LLC v. SanDisk Corporation, No. 12-1183 (Fed. Cir.). The case...
FTC Places Conditions on CoStar's $860 Million Acquisition of LoopNet
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The Federal Trade Commission will require CoStar Group, the largest provider of commercial real estate information services in the United States, to sell LoopNet's ownership interest in Xceligent...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Energy Transfer Partners' Application to Sell Heritage Propane Express to JP Energy Partners, LP
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners, GP, L.P., requesting approval to sell their Heritage Propane...
FTC Action Halts Alleged Scam That Dangled the False Promise of 'Free Gas for Life' Then Charged Consumers for Unwanted E-Magazine Subscriptions
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The Federal Trade Commission put a stop to an online operation that allegedly lured consumers with a supposedly "free" book falsely promising that it would show them how to power their cars and homes...
FTC Orders Graco Inc. to Hold Separate Worldwide Liquid Finishing Equipment Businesses it is Acquiring from its Rival, ITW
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The Federal Trade Commission issued an order requiring Graco Inc. to hold separate the worldwide liquid finishing equipment businesses of Illinois Tool Works Inc. and ITW Finishing LLC, while allowing...
FTC Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review of Appeals Court Rulingin Phoebe Putney/Palmyra Park Hospital Case
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Acting at the request of the Federal Trade Commission the Solicitor General of the United States petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a recent federal appeals court ruling concerning Phoebe...
Second Firm Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Collusion in the Market for Pipe Fittings Used by Municipal Water Systems
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Star Pipe Products, Ltd., a leading supplier of ductile iron pipe fittings, which are used in municipal water systems around the United States, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...
FTC Action Preserves Competition in the Market for Desktop Hard Disk DrivesUsed in Personal Computers
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The Federal Trade Commission will require Western Digital Corporation to sell assets used to manufacture and sell desktop hard disk drives to Toshiba Corporation as part of a proposed settlement that...
FTC Puts Conditions on Carpenter Technology Corporation's Purchase of Rival Manufacturer Latrobe Specialty Metals, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission will require specialty metals manufacturer Carpenter Technology Corporation to sell assets involved in producing two metal alloys used in the aerospace industry, under a...
FTC Requires Fresenius Medical Care AG to Sell 60 Dialysis Clinics Around the Country as a Condition of Acquiring Liberty Dialysis Holdings, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission will require Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA to sell 60 outpatient dialysis clinics in 43 local markets under a proposed settlement resolving charges that its...
FTC Approves Divestiture Trustee's Sale of Tops Supermarket in Bath, New York
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved the sale of the former Penn Traffic supermarket located at 404 West Morris Street in Bath, New York, to Moran Foods, Inc., d/b/a Save-A-Lot, Ltd. The sale is...
FTC Action Protects Competition in Market for Iron Pipe Fittings Used in Municipal Water Systems
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed complaints against the three largest U.S. suppliers of ductile iron pipe fittings, which are used in municipal water systems around the United States. The FTC...
FTC Obtains $500,000 Penalty For Pre-Merger Reporting Act Violations
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Brian L. Roberts, the Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Corporation, has agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...
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