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0606002 Informal Interpretation
0606006 Informal Interpretation
20061115: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; Wertheimer Company Ltd.
0605030 Informal Interpretation
Myricks Jr., Cashier d/b/a MP3DOWNLOADCITY.COM
0605029 Informal Interpretation
0605027 Informal Interpretation
0605021 Informal Interpretation
0605019 Informal Interpretation
20060988: UBS AG; Piper Jaffray Companies
0605014 Informal Interpretation
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0605008 Informal Interpretation
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0605002 Informal Interpretation
Valassis Communications, Inc., In the Matter of
Valassis, a leading producer of free-standing newspaper inserts in the United States, has settled charges that it violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by attempting to collude with News America Marketing, its only rival, to eliminate competition between the two companies. During a conference call with industry analysts, a Valassis executive invited NewsAmerica to join in a scheme to allocate customers and fix prices in order to end an ongoing price war between the two companies. Under the consent order settling the FTC’s complaint, Valassis is barred from engaging in or inviting collusive agreements with other publishers or attempting to collude with its competitors.