Commission Actions

Hoechst AG, Marion Merrell Dow, and The Dow Chemical Company have entered into a "hold separate" agreement with the Federal Trade Commission under which Hoechst can acquire Marion Merrell Dow's stock...

McWhorter Technologies, Inc. (formerly McWhorter, Inc.) has applied for Federal Trade Commission approval to acquire a coating resins facility owned by ICI Americans Holding Company and located in...

The Port Washington Real Estate Board (the Board) has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it has restrained competition in the provision of residential real estate brokerage...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with the Korean Video Stores Association of Maryland and its 16 individual members, settling charges that individual...

The report contains data on the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide content of 1107 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1993. It is the most recent in a series of reports on tar and nicotine test...

The defendants in a Federal Trade Commission case chal- lenging three deceptive "money-making" schemes they allegedly ran have signed settlement agreements that contain broad prohibitions against...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced a new policy that will reduce the burden on companies involved in the merger cases the FTC brings, while still protecting consumers from transactions that...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a new policy that will expand cooperative efforts between the Commission and the state Attorneys General in merger investigations. The procedure will...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with William J. Santamaria and his firms, Taleigh Corporation and Choice Diet Products, Inc. Taleigh and Choice marketed...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has concluded that the formation of a purchasing joint venture between Elmore Community Hospital and Community Hospital, both of which are rural hospitals in Elmore...

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection today released a staff opinion letter in accordance with which the nation's largest insurance reporting agency will, for the first time...

The Arizona Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Ltd. and its President, Robert H. Tamis, M.D., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made deceptive claims regarding the...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Glaxo plc, settling charges that its $14.3 billion acquisition of Wellcome plc may substantially lessen competition in...