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FTC’s 2013 Report Finds U.S. Ethanol Market Remains Unconcentrated
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The market for fuel ethanol in the United States is unconcentrated, with 156 firms nationwide either producing ethanol or likely to begin producing ethanol in the next 12 to 18 months, according to...
Marketers Who Claimed Fuel Additive Could Drastically Increase Fuel Economy and Reduce Emissions Settle with FTC
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Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the marketers of a fuel additive called EnviroTabs will pay $800,000 for consumer redress and are prohibited from making false, misleading, or...
FTC Returns Almost $2 Million to Consumers Harmed by 'Free Gas for Life' Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 58,234 refund checks to consumers who lost money to Green Millionaire, an online scam whose “free” book explained how to power cars and homes at no cost, and...
FTC Closes Investigation into Tesoro's Acquisition of BP Refinery
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The Federal Trade Commission closed its nine-month investigation into Tesoro Corporation’s acquisition of BP p.l.c.’s southern California marketing and refining assets, in particular BP’s Carson...
FTC Reopens Public Comment Period on Proposed Changes to Update EnergyGuide Labels
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In response to requests from stakeholders, the Federal Trade Commission has reopened the public comment period, until April 1, 2013, on a recent proposal to update EnergyGuide label information and...
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Report to Congress on Ethanol Market Concentration
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Text of the Commission Report
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FTC Issues New Report on Gasoline Prices and the Petroleum Industry
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued a Bureau of Economics staff report examining trends in the petroleum industry and how they have affected gasoline prices between 2005 and early 2011. It...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on ConocoPhillips' Application to Modify Final Commission Order and to Approve Amended Licensing Agreements with Holly Corp.
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application filed by ConocoPhillips to modify a final FTC order that settled the FTC’s competition concerns arising from Conoco Inc.’s 2002...
Information To Be Publicly Disclosed Concerning the Commission Petroleum Industry Practices and Pricing Investigation
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Matter Number
111 0183
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110620petroleuminvestigation.pdf
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FTC Conditions Irving Oil's Proposed Acquisition of ExxonMobil Assets in Maine
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The Federal Trade Commission will require Irving Oil Terminals Inc. and Irving Oil Limited (collectively, Irving) to relinquish the rights to terminal and pipeline assets in Maine that Irving acquired...
Pilot Corporation, Propeller Corp., and Flying J Inc., In the Matter of
The FTC required Pilot Corporation, owner of the largest travel center network in the United States, to sell 26 locations as part of a settlement that will replace the competition lost because of Pilot’s proposed $1.8 billion acquisition of Flying J Inc.’s travel center network. Pilot has agreed to sell the travel centers, which provide diesel, food, parking, and other amenities for truckers, to Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, the smallest national travel center operator, currently concentrated in the South. According to the FTC’s complaint, the deal would have reduced competition for certain long-haul trucking fleets for which Pilot and Flying J were the first and second best choices for diesel.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0910125
Docket Number
C-4293
FTC Staff Expresses Support for Proposed Modification to New Jersey Gasoline Pricing Law; FTC Approves Modified Final Order Settling Charges that PepsiCos Acquisition of Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas was Anticompetitive
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FTC Staff Expresses Support for Proposed Modification to New Jersey Gasoline Pricing Law The staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, and Bureau of...
FTC Requires Conditions for Pilot Corporation's Takeover of Flying J Inc.'s Travel Center Business
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The Federal Trade Commission is requiring Pilot Corporation, owner of the largest travel center network in the United States, to sell 26 locations as part of a settlement that will replace the...
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