The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on The Dow Chemical Company’s application for FTC approval to sell to Hager Pacific Acquisitions, LLC, real estate and other property in Torrance, California, which is related to a latex polymers business that Dow previously divested to Arkema Inc. Hager Pacific Acquisitions, LLC is a subsidiary of […]
Monthly Archives: September 2011
FTC Requires Dialysis Services Company DaVita, Inc. to Sell 29 Clinicsto Resolve Anticompetitive Effects of its Proposed Acquisition of DSI
The Federal Trade Commission will require dialysis services company DaVita, Inc. to sell 29 outpatient dialysis clinics around the United States, under a proposed settlement that resolves FTC charges that DaVita’s proposed $689 million acquisition of rival CDSI I Holding Company, Inc., also known as DSI, would be anticompetitive. The proposed settlement preserves competition in […]
FTC Issues New Report on Gasoline Prices and the Petroleum Industry
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 concludes that while a broad range of factors influence the price of gasoline, worldwide crude oil prices continue to be the main driver of […]
FTC Testifies on Children’s Identity Theft
The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Social Security that, “Protecting consumers – especially vulnerable consumers such as children – against identity theft and its consequences is a critical component of the Commission’s consumer protection mission.” Delivering the Commission’s testimony at a field hearing in Plano, […]
FTC Publication Advises Parents of School-Age Children How to Limit the Risks of Identity Theft
A new school year usually means filling out paperwork such as registration forms, health forms, and emergency contact forms. Many school forms require personal and sensitive information that, in the wrong hands, could be used to commit fraud in your child’s name. For example, criminals can use a child’s Social Security number to apply for […]