Tag: Competition

Sara Lee Corporation has agreed to pay a $3.1 million civil penalty to settle federal charges that it failed to notify the nation's two antitrust enforcement agencies before acquiring the assets of...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Phillips Petroleum Company and Enron Corp., settling charges that Phillips' proposed acquisition of certain natural...

Federated Department Stores, Inc., one of the country's largest operators of department stores, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated a 1979 FTC order prohibiting it...

WHO: Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission Joseph E. Stiglitz, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors Lewis E. Platt, Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Co. Sanford M. Litvack, Senior...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the request of Furr's Supermarkets, Inc. to delete from a 1988 settlement a provision requiring Furr's to obtain FTC approval, until 1998, before acquiring any...

After the San Jose Mercury News ran an article in May 1994 telling consumers how to analyze new car factory invoices so that they could be better negotiators when buying cars, local car dealers...

A Federal Trade Commission administrative law judge has issued an order prohibiting the California Dental Association (CDA), whose 19,000 members comprise 75 percent of the dentists in the state, from...

McWhorter Technologies, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to delete a provision in an order requiring the company, until 2003, to obtain the FTC's approval before acquiring assets used...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a new policy that will expand cooperative efforts between the Commission and the state Attorneys General in merger investigations. The procedure will...

Furr's Supermarkets, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify or clarify a 1988 consent order to allow Furr's to acquire supermarkets it currently operates as a lessee in...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department have finalized guidelines regarding enforcement of U.S. antitrust laws in the international arena. First proposed last October, the final...