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20011179: Artal Group S.A.; Weighco Enterprise, Inc.
20011153: Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.; MicroAge, Inc.
20011134: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.; AMR Corporation
20011047: Asyst Technologies, Inc.; Advanced Machine Programming, Inc.
20010972: Mr. Lloyd Dorfman; Preussag Aktiengesellschaft
20010943: Xcel Energy Inc.; LS Power, LLC
20010699: Nortel Networks Corporation; ANTEC Corporation
20010698: ANTEC Corporation; Nortel Networks Corporation
Swedish Match North America Inc., and National Tobacco Company, L.P., In the Matter of
Swedish Match North America Inc., and National Tobacco Company, L.P
The Commission authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block the proposed acquisition of National Tobacco Company, L.P. on grounds that the $165 million acquisition would lessen competition in the market for loose leaf chewing tobacco and that Swedish Match’s market share would increase to 60 percent. On December 14, 2000, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a 42-page opinion granting the Commission’s motion for the injunction. On December 22, 2000, the parties abandoned the transaction.