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October 22, 1998
October 21, 1998
"Home Improvement: Tools You Can Use"
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What: Consumers annually spend over $120 billion on home improvement projects, but are often victimized by unscrupulous or incompetent contractors. Because home improvement fraud consistently ranks as...
October 20, 1998
Public Statement
What's Really Going On Inside The Beltway?
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First, let me just thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. My tongue-in-cheek speech title, "What's really going on inside the beltway?" comes at a time when I suspect that most Americans...
FTC and DOJ Announce "Communiqu" from First Antitrust "Summit of the Americas"
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice today published a "Communiqué" from the first "Antitrust Summit of the Americas." Antitrust authorities from 11 of the 12 nations of the...
"Y2K? Y 2 CARE" Series Offers Tips for Consumers and Industry about How To Prepare for the Year 2000
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"Y2K? Y 2 Care" is the theme of five business and consumer publications released today by the Federal Trade Commission as part of National Y2K Action Week, October 19-23. The week is an initiative of...
FTC Accepts Ahold/Giant Settlement
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it had accepted a proposed settlement with Koninklijke Ahold nv and Giant Food Inc., which will keep supermarket prices competitive in eight...
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Koninklijke Ahold NV, Giant Food Inc., and The 1224 Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 20, 1998
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Agreement Containing Consent Order
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Asset Maintenance Agreement
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Complaint
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October 19, 1998
Announced Actions for October 19, 1998
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Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...
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South Lake Tahoe Lodging Association (timeline item) - October 19, 1998
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Complaint
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Decision & Order
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Nortek, Inc. (timeline item) - October 19, 1998
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Complaint
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October 16, 1998
Public Statement
Efficiencies in Defense of Mergers: 18 Months After
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It is now 18 months since the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission published Revised Guidelines for treatment of efficiency claims in defense of mergers. (2) My goal today is to present...
Public Statement
Promoting Innovation Competition Through the Aspen/Kodak Rule
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Two Supreme Court monopolization decisions, Aspen Skiing and Kodak, establish a legal rule: a firm with monopoly power violates Sherman Act §2 if it excludes rivals from the monopolized market by...
Pitofsky Assesses Impact of Merger Guideline Revisions
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Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said today that 18 months after adoption of new guidelines for treating efficiency claims in defense of mergers, dire predictions about the...
LaFarge Settles FTC Charges
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LaFarge, Corp. has agreed to restructure its agreement to purchase certain assets of Holnam, Inc., to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the purchase agreement violated federal antitrust...
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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 16, 1998
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Lafarge, S.A., and Lafarge Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 16, 1998
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October 15, 1998
FTC and Eight Attorneys General Seek Preliminary Injunction to Require Marketer of "Do-It-Yourself" Termite Bait System to Change Its Ads
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The Federal Trade Commission and eight state Attorneys General today sought a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court to require the marketer of TERMINATE, a termite bait system, to modify the...
FTC Continues to Steer Consumers away from Deceptive Automobile Lease and Credit Ads
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Chrysler Corporation, its national advertising agency, Bozell Worldwide Inc., and Martin Advertising, Inc., a regional advertising agency for General Motors’ dealerships and dealer associations, have...
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