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Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
9806006 Informal Interpretation
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Mergers and Corporate Consolidation in the New Economy
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail"
Century Corporation, The; Richard A. Haffenden; and Clifford Belvin
Image Sales and Michael Dague
Dean Thomas Corporation, Inc., The, and The Game Club, Inc., and Professional Publishers, Inc., and Thomas Publishing Company, Inc., et al.
9806005 Informal Interpretation
9806004 Informal Interpretation
Smokeless Tobacco Act Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension
Opinion 98-4
9806003 Informal Interpretation
9806002 Informal Interpretation
U.S. - European Commission Enhanced Positive Comity Agreement
Stone Container Corporation
The FTC charged that Stone Container Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of linerboard, violated the antitrust laws by attempting to orchestrate an industry-wide price increase. According to the FTC, in both private conversations and public statements the executives of Stone Container signaled their intention to take mill downtime and reduce industry-wide inventories and their belief that doing so would build support for a price increase. According to the FTC complaint, the actions and statements constituted an invitation by Stone to its competitors to join a coordinated price increase. If accepted, the invitation would result in higher prices, reduced output and consumer injury, the complaint alleges.The FTC alleged that, following a failed attempt to increase the price it charged for linerboard in 1993, Stone Container temporarily shut down production at its own mills and bought up competitors' excess inventory as part of an intentional effort to build industry support for a price increase. The agreement to settle the FTC charges bars Stone Container from urging any competitor to raise or fix the price charged for linerboard.