Dura Lube, Motor Up Settle FTC Charges
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Additive marketers Dura Lube and Motor Up, and their principals, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that performance claims for their engine treatments were deceptive and...
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Federal Trade Commission Testifies Before House Committee on Competition in The Petroleum Industry
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Presenting Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the House Judiciary Committee on competition in the petroleum industry, Richard G. Parker *, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Increase in Oil Products
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Richard G. Parker, Former Director, Bureau of Competition
FTC Competition Chief Testifies before House Committee on Recent Nationwide Oil Price Fluctuations
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Testifying today before the House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Power regarding recent nationwide oil price fluctuations, Richard Parker*, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's...
Announced Actions for February 23, 2000
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Applications for approval of transactions: The Commission has received a petition from the following entity for approval of a transaction: ExxonMobil Corporation. In its petition, ExxonMobil has...
FTC to Challenge BP Amoco/ARCO Merger Alleging that Deal Would Raise Prices for Crude Oil Used to Produce Gasoline and Other Petroleum Products
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced it will seek a preliminary injunction in federal District Court to prevent the merger of BP Amoco p.l.c. and Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). The...
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following Commission Appointment of an Interim Trustee and Approval of Trust Agreement of RHI AG of Global Industrial Technologies, Inc
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Publication of Federal Register notices: The Commission has announced changes in the two threshold figures that define when it is unlawful for an individual to serve as an officer or director of two...
Announced Actions for January 7, 2000
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Publication of Federal Register notice regarding regulatory reviews for calendar year 2000: The Commission has voted to publish a notice in the Federal Register listing its regulatory reviews...
Announced Actions for December 28, 1999
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Appointment of hold separate trustee: The FTC has approved the appointment of Deloitte Consulting LLC as a hold-separate trustee in the following matter: Exxon Mobil Corporation. This trustee is being...
Exxon/Mobil Agree to Largest FTC Divestiture Ever in Order to Settle FTC Antitrust Charges; Settlement Requires Extensive Restructuring and Prevents Merger of Significant Competing U.S. Assets
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has accepted a proposed settlement of charges that Exxon Corporation's acquisition of Mobil Corporation would violate federal antitrust laws. The...
Shell and Castrol Settle FTC Charges
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In the latest of a series of Federal Trade Commission cases alleging that ad claims for motor oil and fuel additives were deceptive, Castrol North America Inc., the marketer of gas additive Castrol...
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Workshop: Market Power and Consumer Protection Issues Involved with Encouraging Competition in the U.S. Electric Industry
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In recent years, states and the federal government have taken steps to encourage restructuring and competition in the electric industry, including the elimination of regulatory barriers. The intent of...
Prolong Super Lubricants Settles FTC Charges
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Prolong Super Lubricants, Inc., marketer of one of the largest selling motor oil additives sold in the U. S., has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the firm made unsubstantiated...
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Regulatory Restrictions on Vertical Integration and Control: The Competitive Impact of Gasoline Divorcement Policies
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Gasoline "divorcement" regulations restrict the integration of gasoline refiners and retailers. Theoretically, vertical integration can harm competition, making it possible that divorcement policies...
CMS Energy Corporation
Consent order requires Consumer Energy, a CMS subsidiary, to "loan" natural gas from its own system to shippers on third-party pipelines if the interconnection capacity with competing pipelines falls below historical levels settling charges that its acquisition of two natural gas pipelines, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline and Trunkline Pipeline, from Duke Energy Company, could reduce competition and increase consumer prices for natural gas and electricity in 54 counties in Michigan.
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Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
9910046
Docket Number
C-3877
FTC Charges Motor Oil Additive Marketers;
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In the latest law enforcement initiative targeting ads that use deceptive performance claims to tout motor oil additives, the Federal Trade Commission has charged the marketers of Dura Lube Super...
British Petroleum Company, The, p.l.c., and Amoco Corporation
Consent order in BP Amoco p.1.c. (created by the merger of British Petroleum Company, p.1.c. and Amoco Corporation) requires the divestiture of 134 gas stations in eight markets and nine Light petroleum products terminals settling charges that the merger would substantially reduce competition in certain wholesale gasoline markets.
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Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9810345
Docket Number
C-3868
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Exxon/Mobil Merger
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William J. Baer, Former Director, Bureau of Competition
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Review of Exxon/Mobil Merger to Focus on Competitive Effects and Risks to Consumers: FTC
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The Federal Trade Commission will review the proposed acquisition of Mobil Oil by Exxon Corporation in each area where they compete -- exploration and production, refining and marketing -- and against...
FTC Releases Statements on BP/Amoco Case
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The following is an excerpt from the statement of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky and Commissioners Sheila F. Anthony and Mozelle W. Thompson explaining why they believe the consent...
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