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October 2, 2002
October 1, 2002
Report
Does Size Really Matter? Empirical Evidence on Group Incentives
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The paper empirically analyzes the economic theory and intuition that the "free rider" problem will overwhelm firm-wide incentives in large firms. Kandel and Lazear (1992) claim that in a simple model...
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Consumers Duped by Telemarketers Claiming To Provide Identity Theft Protection
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Two Canadian citizens and the five corporations they operated will pay $436,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked consumers into paying as much as $299 for one of two...
September 30, 2002
Chairman Timothy J. Muris Promotes Effective Competition Advocacy at International Competition Network Conference in Naples, Italy
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Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and Charles A. James, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, worked with antitrust agencies...
FTC Releases Agenda for Public Workshop on Possible Anticompetitive Efforts to Restrict Competition on the Internet
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The Federal Trade Commission has released the agenda and a list of panelists for its October 8-10 public workshop on possible anticompetitive efforts to restrict competition on the Internet. The...
Case Timeline Item
Lentek International, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 30, 2002
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Case Timeline Item
Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 30, 2002
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Complaint Counsels Preliminary Witness List
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September 28, 2002
Public Statement
Creating a Culture of Competition: The Essential Role of Competition Advocacy
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Competition advocates have won many victories over the last few decades. We have largely won the intellectual debate: Economists and legal scholars around the globe now recognize the benefits of...
September 27, 2002
Securities Trading Advisor Settles FTC Charges
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The promoter of a day-trading system who allegedly used unsubstantiated earnings claims and misleading testimonials to sell his trading system to prospective day traders has agreed to settle Federal...
Resolving Anticompetitive Concerns, FTC Clears Shell Oil's $1.8 Billion Acquisition of Pennzoil-Quaker State
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Addressing concerns that Shell Oil Company's (Shell) proposed $1.8 billion acquisition of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (Pennzoil) would lead to reduced competition and higher prices in the U.S. and...
Announced Action for September 27, 2002
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The Commission, with the concurrence of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of The Twenty-Fourth Annual Report to Congress Regarding the Hart-Scott-Rodino...
Case Timeline Item
Shell Oil Company and Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (timeline item) - September 27, 2002
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Agreement Containing Consent Orders
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Decision and Order
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Order to Hold Separate and Maintain Assets
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Complaint
(14.41 KB)
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September 26, 2002
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On State Impediments To E-commerce
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By
Ted Cruz, Former Director, Office of Policy Planning
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Testimony
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