Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission will require Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., known as Surgery Partners, and Symbion Holdings Corporation to divest Symbion’s ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery...

Press Release

Blue Rhino, AmeriGas Settle FTC Charges of Restraining Competition

Date

October 31, 2014

The two leading suppliers of propane exchange tanks, Blue Rhino and AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange, have agreed to settle FTC charges that the companies illegally agreed not to deviate from their plans to...

Press Release

FTC Requests Public Comments on SCI’s Application to Approve Sale of Funeral Home in Auburn, California

Date

October 31, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to sell a funeral home located in Auburn, California, as required under...

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H.I.G. Bayside Debt, et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 31, 2014

Date

October 31, 2014

Agreement Containing Consent Orders (1.68 MB)

Decision and Order (38.38 KB)

Order To Hold Separate and Maintain Assets (92.12 KB)

Complaint (48.21 KB)

Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment (28.28 KB)

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AmeriGas and Blue Rhino, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 31, 2014

Date

October 31, 2014

Agreement Containing Consent Order As To Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas L.P. (the Blue Rhino Respondents) (27.31 KB)

Decision and Order As To Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas L.P. (the Blue Rhino Respondents) (43.26 KB)

Analysis of Agreements Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment (30.37 KB)

Agreement Containing Consent Order As To AmeriGas Partners, L.P. and UGI Corporation (the ACE Respondents) (28.02 KB)

Decision and Order As To AmeriGas Partners, L.P. and UGI Corporation (the ACE Respondents) (43.6 KB)

Analysis of Agreements Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment (30.36 KB)

Statement of Chairwoman Ramirez and Commissioner Brill

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Ohlhausen

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Wright

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Service Corporation International and Stewart Enterprises, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 31, 2014

Date

October 31, 2014

Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestiture (Claney Oatmeyer Semenyuk Inc.) (386.06 KB)

October 30, 2014

Report

Tax Pass-Through in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel: The 2003 Washington State Nickel Funding Package Increase

Date

October 30, 2014

This paper considers a previously unexamined increase in excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel that were part of Washington State’s Nickel Funding Package of 2003. We fail to reject full pass...

Tax Pass-Through in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel: The 2003 Washington State Nickel Funding Package Increase (331 KB)

Public Statement

One Agency, Two Missions, Many Benefits: The Case for Housing Competition and Consumer Protection in a Single Agency

Date

October 30, 2014

One Agency, Two Missions, Many Benefits: The Case for Housing Competition and Consumer Protection in a Single Agency (175.06 KB)

Press Release

La FTC acusa a Gerber de anunciar falsamente que su fórmula Good Start Gentle protege a los lactantes contra el desarrollo de alergias

Date

October 30, 2014

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC, por su sigla en inglés), presentó cargos contra Gerber Products Co., también en ejercicio del comercio bajo el nombre Nestlé Nutrition, por anunciar engañosamente...

Press Release

FTC Charges Gerber with Falsely Advertising Its Good Start Gentle Formula Protects Infants from Developing Allergies

Date

October 30, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Gerber Products Co., also doing business as Nestlé Nutrition, with deceptively advertising that feeding its Good Start Gentle formula to infants with a family...

Press Release

FTC Requests Public Comments on Graco’s Application for Approval to Divest Liquid Finishing Business Assets to Carlisle Companies

Date

October 30, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Graco Inc. to divest certain liquid finishing businesses and related assets to Carlisle Companies Inc. Under...

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