Acquisition by Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable Inc. of the Cable Assets of Adelphia Communications Corporation, and Related Transactions
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Matter Number
051 0151
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File
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Statement of Chairman Majoras, Commissioner Kovacic, and Commissioner Rosch concerning the closing of the investigation into Transactions Involving Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Adelphia Communications
Date
By
Deborah Platt Majoras, Former Chairman;
William Kovacic, Former Chairman;
J. Thomas Rosch, Former Commissioner
4086465 Canada, Inc. d/b/a International Protection Center and Consumers Protection Center, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
032-3210
Penn National Gaming, Inc., In the Matter of
Penn National Gaming, Inc. agreed to sell a casino in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to settle charges that its acquisition of Argosy Gaming Company would create a monopoly for casino services in that area. Penn National agreed to sell Argosy's casino to Columbia Sussex Corporation within four months of the order becoming final.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0510029
Ashley Industries, LLC, Ashley Industries LP, and Ashley Industries GP, FTC
Date
Matter Number
042 3127
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., et al., In the Matter of
Under terms of a consent order, Magellan completed its acquisition of pipelines and terminals in the Midwestern United States and a refined petroleum products terminal in Oklahoma City that supplies light petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel fuel from the Shell Oil Company. The consent order required Magellan to divest the Shell Oklahoma City terminal to a Commission-approved buyer within six months after the transaction is consummated.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0410164
Valero, L.P., Valero Energy Corporation, et al., In the Matter of
The consent order permitted Valero L.P. to acquire Kaneb Services LLC and Kaneb Pipe Line Partners subject to the divestitures of assets that will preserve existing competition for petroleum transportation and terminaling in Northern California, Pennsylvania, and Colorado, and avoid a potential increase in bulk gasoline and diesel prices. The order also requires Valero to develop an information firewall and maintain open, non-discriminatory access to two retained Northern California terminals, in order to ensure access to ethanol terminaling in Northern California.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0510022
Docket Number
C-4141
Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Vulcan Materials Company, In the Matter of
A consent order allows Occidental Chemical Company’s purchase of the chemical assets of Vulcan Materials Company, provided Occidental divests Vulcan’s Port Edwards, Wisconsin, chemical facility and related assets. The consent order alleviates the alleged anticompetitive impact of the acquisition in the markets for potassium hydroxide, anhydrous potassium carbonate (APC), and potassium carbonate, which includes APC and liquid potassium carbonate. The Port Edwards facility will be divested to ERCO Worldwide or to another Commission-approved buyer within six months if a problem is encountered with ERCO sale.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0510009
Docket Number
C-4139
Entergy Corporation and Entergy-Koch, LP
A consent order settles allegations that Entergy-Koch LP's (a limited partnership owned equally by Entergy Corporation and Koch) acquisition of 50 percent of the Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP from Koch would lessen competition for the sale of electricity to consumers in Louisiana and western Mississippi and the distribution of natural gas to consumers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Entergy is the regulated electric and natural gas utility in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. The order requires Entergy to establish a transparent process to buy natural gas and natural gas transportation that will assist state regulators in determining whether Entergy purchased gas supplies at inflated prices from its Entergy-Koch partnership.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0010172
Docket Number
C-3998
Hi-Health Supermart Corporation and Simon D. Chalpin, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
032 3239
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., and Dan L. Duncan, In the Matter of
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. settled charges that its $13 billion merger with GulfTerra Energy/Partners L.P. would eliminate competition in two markets: the pipeline transportation of natural gas from the West Central Deepwater region of the Gulf of Mexico; and propane storage and terminaling services in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The consent order requires the divestiture of an interest in a pipeline transportation system and an interest in a propane facility that serves the Dixie Pipeline.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0410039
Docket Number
C-4123
Empagran, S.A., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F. Hoffmann-Laroche, Ltd., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
Enforma Natural Products, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
992 3160
Buckeye Partners, L.P., and Shell Oil Company, In the Matter of
The consent order settled charges that Buckeye's proposed acquisition of five refined petroleum products pipelines and 24 petroleum products terminals in the United States from Shell Oil Company would reduce competition in the market for the terminaling of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other light petroleum products in the area of Niles, Michigan. Buckeye agreed to notify the Commission before acquiring any interest in the Niles petroleum terminal for a period of ten years.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0410162
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