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FTC Ends Administrative Litigation in Western Refining Case
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced it will not continue with administrative litigation challenging Western Refining, Inc.’s acquisition of Giant Industries, Inc. The vote to dismiss the...
FTC, Antitrust Division Send Report to President on Factors Explaining National Average Gasoline Price Increases During Spring and Summer of 2006
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Market factors explain increases in the national average retail price for gasoline during the spring and summer of 2006, according to a report sent to the President today by the Federal Trade...
Staff Comments Filed on Wholesale and Retail Gasoline Price Regulation; Commission Issues Federal Register Notice on Review of Fuel Economy Guide
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Commission approval of staff comments: The FTC has approved the filing of comments by the staffs of the Bureau of Competition, Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy Planning with Connecticut...
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Retail Gasoline Pricing: What Do We Know?
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We examine retail gasoline station pricing using three years of weekly prices for 272 stations in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. We report a number of new empirical findings about station...
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Retail Gasoline Pricing: What Do We Know?
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Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases
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Deborah Platt Majoras, Former Chairman
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FTC Provides Senate Testimony on its Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases
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Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras described the major issues...
FTC Releases Report on its Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report entitled “Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases.” The report details the results of an intensive...
FTC Provides Joint Senate Committee Testimony on Gasoline Prices and Competition in the U.S. Petroleum Industry
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today testified before a joint Senate hearing of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Energy and Natural...
FTC Releases Report on Gasoline Price Changes: the Dynamic of Supply, Demand, and Competition
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report entitled “Gasoline Price Changes: The Dynamic of Supply, Demand, and Competition.” The Report analyzes the many factors that influence fluctuations...
FTC Issues Staff Report on The Petroleum Industry: Mergers, Structural Change, and Antitrust Enforcement
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report by staff of the Bureau of Economics entitled, “The Petroleum Industry: Mergers, Structural Change, and Antitrust Enforcement.” The report presents a...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Market Forces, Anticompetitive Activity, and Gasoline Prices
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William Kovacic, Former Chairman
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FTC Testifies on Initiatives to Protect Competitive Markets for Gasoline
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In testimony today, the Federal Trade Commission told the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that the price of crude oil, not mergers in the petroleum...
FTC Reinstates Complaint of Unfair Methods of Competition Against Unocal
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The Federal Trade Commission today reinstated charges that the Union Oil Company of California violated antitrust laws by defrauding the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in connection with...
FTC Testifies on "Market Forces, Anticompetitive Activity, and Gasoline Prices"
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Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights of the Senate Judiciary Committee, General Counsel William...
FTC Closes Investigation of Sunoco's Proposed Acquisition of Coastal Eagle Point Oil Company
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By a 5-0 vote, the Federal Trade Commission today closed its investigation of Sunoco, Inc.’s (Sunoco) proposed acquisition of the El Paso Corporation’s Coastal Eagle Point Oil Company (Coastal). As...
Administrative Law Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Unocal for Alleged Anticompetive Practices Related to Carb Gasoline
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In an initial decision filed on November 25, 2003, and announced today, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) D. Michael Chappell dismissed a complaint brought earlier this year by the Commission that...
FTC Staff: Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act Likely Raises Gas Prices
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In comments provided on October 15 at the request of Wisconsin State Rep. Shirley Krug, the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics stated...
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