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January 12, 1999
January 11, 1999
Company to Divest Assets to Settle FTC Charges That Acquisition of its Chief Competitor Would Violate Antitrust Laws
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ABB, one of the world's leading manufacturers of analytical instruments used in process manufacturing applications, has agreed to divest certain assets it would acquire in its $1.1 billion purchase of...
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ABB AB and ABB AG, In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 11, 1999
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January 8, 1999
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Intel Corporation, In the Matter of (1999) (timeline item) - January 8, 1999
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Order Re Sequester
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January 7, 1999
Announced Actions for January 7, 1999
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Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: The Commission...
New 1-888 Line Provides Free Y2K Information to Consumers
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The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion today introduced 1-888-USA-4-Y2K, a new free Y2K information line, and other Council initiatives for providing consumers information about the Year 2000...
Jeremy Bulow Named New Director of FTC's Bureau of Economics
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has named Jeremy Bulow, Ph.D., to head the agency's Bureau of Economics. Bulow will oversee the bureau's role in providing economic analysis of the...
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Medtronic, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 7, 1999
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Complaint
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Decision & Order
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Gateway 2000, Inc. (timeline item) - January 7, 1999
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Document
Complaint
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Decision and Order
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Shell Oil Company and Tejas Energy, LL (timeline item) - January 7, 1999
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Complaint
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Decision and Order
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January 6, 1999
Year 2000 (Y2K) Conversion
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What: The President's Council on Year 2000 (Y2K) Conversion and the Federal Trade Commission, chair of the Council's Consumer Affairs Working Group, will hold a press conference to launch a toll-free...
Federal Register Notice
The British Petroleum Co. P.L.C., et al.; Analysis to Aid Public Comment
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January 5, 1999
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Intel Corporation, In the Matter of (1999) (timeline item) - January 5, 1999
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File
Procedure Order
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January 4, 1999
Settlements with Canada-Based Telemarketing Company and U.S. Credit Card Laundering Operation Nets $1,381,000 in Redress
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced landmark settlements with foreign scam operators netting more than $1.3 million in redress for American consumers. These settlements stem from the FTC's...
Federal Register Notice
Pay-Per-Call Rule: Notice of Extension of Comment Period - 16 CFR Part 308
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January 1, 1999
Report
Price Competition and Advertising Signals
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Can price and advertising be used by vertically differentiated duopolists to signal qualities to consumers? We show that pure price separation is impossible if the vertical differentiation is small...
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Price Competition and Advertising Signals
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Multimarket Contact and Imperfect Information
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With perfect information about relevant strategic variables, economic theory predicts that firms engaged in competition across several markets sometimes can use their multimarket contact to blunt...
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