Commission Actions

Discusses disclosure updating requirements, concluding that the Rule permits an additional update after the most recent quarterly update to disclose new litigation against a franchisor, but requires...

Advisory Opinions

North Mississippi Health Services

Date

7 de Ene de 1998

re: Sales of pharmaceuticals by non-profit hospital to patients of the hospital’s cancer treatment center)

6 de Ene de 1998

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Announced Actions for January 6, 1998

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6 de Ene de 1998

DuPont Advanced Fiber Systems and BASF Corporation have each independently petitioned the �鶹��ý Trade Commission to change its Textile Labeling Rules to include generic names and definitions for new...

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Chicago-Area Doctors, Firms Settle FTC Charges over Fixing Prices for Kidney-Stone Treatment

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6 de Ene de 1998

Approximately two-thirds of the Chicago metropolitan-area patients who undergo lithotripsy -- a non-surgical, shock-wave treatment for stones -- are treated at one or the other of two Parkside Kidney...

�鶹��ý Register Notice

Rule and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Identification Act - 16 CFR Part 303

Date

6 de Ene de 1998

�鶹��ý Register Notice

Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act - 16 CFR Part 303

Date

6 de Ene de 1998

Case Timeline Item

Urological Stone Surgeons, Inc.; Stone Centers of America, L.L.C.; Urological Services, Ltd.; Donald M. Norris, M.D.; and Marc A. Rubenstein, M.D (timeline item) - January 6, 1998

Date

6 de Ene de 1998

Consent Agreement Package (53.78 KB)

Separate Statement of Commissioner Azcuenaga, Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part (2.87 KB)

Advisory Opinions

Opinion 98-1

Date

6 de Ene de 1998

Apparent applicability of Rule to company providing locator services to business opportunity purchasers while also offering to sell vending machines.

5 de Ene de 1998

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FTC Seeks Civil Penalties Against Ozone-Generator Firm over Air Cleaning Claims in Violations of Prior Order

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5 de Ene de 1998

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission has filed suit in federal district court alleging that Alpine Industries, Inc., a company based in Tennessee and Minnesota, has violated a 1995 Commission order by...

1 de Ene de 1998

Report

Identifying the Firm-Specific Cost Pass-Through Rate

Date

1 de Ene de 1998

A merger that permits the combined company to reduce the marginal cost of producing a product creates an incentive for it to lower price. Accordingly, the rate at which cost changes are passed through...

Identifying the Firm-Specific Cost Pass-Through Rate (52.56 KB)

Report

Are Retailing Mergers Anticompetitive? An Event Study Analysis

Date

1 de Ene de 1998

We examine the abnormal returns of rival firms to determine whether four retailing mergers that occurred during the late 1980s reduced competition. We use the stock returns of retailers in geographic...

Are Retailing Mergers Anticompetitive? An Event Study Analysis (72.37 KB)

31 de Dic de 1997

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Announced Actions for December 31, 1997

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31 de Dic de 1997

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

30 de Dic de 1997

�鶹��ý Register Notice

Shell Oil Company; Texaco Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment

Date

30 de Dic de 1997

Case Timeline Item

Weight Watchers International, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 30, 1997

Date

30 de Dic de 1997

Decision and Order (27.44 KB)

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