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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.
9807001 Informal Interpretation
9806013 Informal Interpretation
Global Industrial Technologies, Inc., In the Matter of
Global Industrial Technologies, Inc. agreed to restructure its proposed acquisition of AP Green Industries, Inc. to resolve FTC allegations that the merger would likely substantially reduce competition by combining the two largest domestic producers of glass-furnace silica refractories in the United States. Under the terms of a settlement, Global divested AP Green’s silica refractories business to a Commission-approved buyer.
9806006 Informal Interpretation
9806001 Informal Interpretation
9806011 Informal Interpretation
9805015 Informal Interpretation
9805012 Informal Interpretation
9805011 Informal Interpretation
9805010 Informal Interpretation
9804015 Informal Interpretation
CUC International Inc. and HFS Incorporated, In the Matter of
CUC International settled allegations that its proposed acquisition of HFS, Inc. would create a virtual monopoly in the worldwide market for full-service timeshare exchange services. CUC operates more than 20 membership-based consumer services companies, while HFS subsidiary, Resort Conduminiums International, is the world's largest provider of timeshare vacation exchanges. Timeshare owners rely on exchange services to process exchanges. The consent order requires divestiture of CUC's interval timeshare business to Interval Acquisition Corporation, a new entrant. Should this divestiture not take place, the consent order requires CUC to divest either Interval or HFS' Resort Condominiums International.
9804011 Informal Interpretation
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Consent order settles charges that Cablevision's acquisition of certain cable operations in northern New Jersey and in New York from Tele-Communications Inc. would result in higher prices and lower quality of cable television services for residents of Paramus and Hillsdale, New Jersey. The settlement requires divestiture of TCI's cable systems in the two cities.