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9902005 Informal Interpretation
9902003 Informal Interpretation
LSQ International, Inc., and Erica Sheffield
19991351: Triarc Companies, Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Rosamilia
9911005 Informal Interpretation
19991107: Alan B. Miller; Cooper Companies, Inc., (The)
19991067: DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P.; PATS, Inc.
19991082: Fisher Companies Inc.; Retlaw Enterprises, Inc.
19990844: DLJ Merchant Banking Partner II, L.P.; Nextel Partners, Inc.
Medtronic, Inc., In the Matter of
A final consent order settles allegations stemming from Medtronic's proposed acquisition of Physio-Control International Corporation's automatic external defibrillator business. According to the complaint, Medtronic, through its controlling interest in SurVivaLink Corporation, a direct competitor of Physio-Control, would control both companies as a result of the acquisition and thereby increase the likelihood of coordinated interaction which could result in increased prices and reduce innovation in the market. The consent order requires Medtronic to become a passive investor in SurVivaLink and reduce many of its present and future business contacts with the firm.
American College for Advancement in Medicine; Analysis to Aid Public Comment
SoftSearch Holdings, Inc., and GeoQuest International Holdings, Inc.
Consent order settles charges that the acquisition of Petroleum Information Corporation could create a monopoly for production and well history data used by geologists and petroleum engineers to find additional oil and gas reserves. The settlement requires Dwight to license a complete set of well history to HPDI, an independent competitor, or another Commission-approved licensee.
9809012 Informal Interpretation
9809006 Informal Interpretation
9809003 Informal Interpretation
FTC Staff Comment Before the Federal Communications Commission Concerning Wireline Service Offerings Advanced Telecommunications Capability
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp, In the Matter of
Columbia MCA paid a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle charges that it failed to divest the Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton, Utah, the Pioneer Valley Hospital in West Valley City, Utah and the South Seminole Hospital in Florida as required by a 1995 consent order. The complaint and settlement were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.