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Vol. 98, Nos. 2432-2456, pp. 1-794 and Vol. 99, Nos. 2457-2481, pp. 1-772 Jan. 8 -- Dec. 24, 2010 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
ELECTRICITY
See also ENERGY
– Alternative sources, integration, 98:484 – Demand response program compensation, 98:652; efficiency standard, 99:498 – Electrical contractors market exclusion suit, independent motives plausible, dismissal upheld (U.S., aff), 99:613 – European Union – France, price regulation, 99:162 – GrafTech International/Seadrift Coke consolidation, DOJ requires contract modifications (D.D.C.), 99:664 – KeySpan, restraint of trade (S.D.N.Y.), 98:241 – Municipal tying, state action doctrine (W.D. Okla.), 99:236 – Online appliance retailers, EnergyGuide information not provided (FTC), 99:554 – Televisions, EnergyGuide labeling, 99:531 – Transmission lines, allocated costs, FTC guidance, 99:436
– Ed. Note: This heading covers electronic sales of goods and services and their regulation. All other references to the Web or the Internet are found at INTERNET.
– eBay, no monopoly (N.D. Cal.), 98:331; no consolidation of later claim, 99:337 – Mystery charges, Senate probe, 98:114 – N.Y., fee-based membership and discount programs, 98:128 – Privacy and security certification, misleading conduct (N.D. Ga., FTC), 98:239 – Safety, FTC report on public education initiatives, 98:394 – Sales practices examined, online retailers
– Employee benefit insurance, Marsh conspiracy (3d Cir.), 99:229
– FCRA, use in hiring, 99:497 – Grocery stores, profit sharing during strike (9th Cir.), 99:246 – Hospital wage reduction not illegal, nurse class claim fails (Cal. Ct. App., 2d Dist.), 99:645 – Non-solicitation agreements, restraints of trade (D.D.C.), 99:396 – Restrictive covenants in employment contract (Del. Super. Ct.), 99:504 – Work-at-home scam sweep, 98:207
– Electricity
See ELECTRICITY
– Italy
– – Acquisition cleared, 98:470
– – Renewable energy incentives, 98:491 – – Sicilian probe, 98:163
See OIL AND GAS
– Anticompetitive conduct could stem from green growth, OECD discusses, 99:711
– Climate change technology, compulsory licensing, 98:469 – Green growth, OECD discusses promotion through competition authorities, 99:599 – Greenhouse gas data, confidentiality, 99:476 – Japan, carbon dioxide emissions quotas, 98:441 – Marketing claims, FTC guidance, 99:437 – Superfund subcontractor, kickbacks (D.N.J.), 98:276 – Waste management
See WASTE MANAGEMENT
– Agriculture, NPM Capital may jointly control Houdstermaatschapiij Kramp Groep, 99:315
– Airlines
– – American Airlines, British Airways, and Iberia joint venture approved, 99:88; commitments, 98:322
– – Dnata may acquire Alpha Flight Group, 99:767 – – United/Continental merger approved, 99:158 – Banking
– – Anglo Irish Bank and RBS joint control of Arnotts approved, 99:220
– – ATP, PFA, and CPD may jointly control Danish Bank FIH, 99:688 – – AXA Investment Managers Private Equite Europe and Compagnie Inustriali Riunite may jointly acquire KOS, 99:768 – – Banco Santander may acquire RBS assets, 99:513 – – Banco Santander may acquire SEB, 99:314 – – Carlyle Group may acquire Primondo Specialty Group, 99:768 – – Credit Agricole may acquire Intesa SanPaolo, 99:628 – – Credit Mutuel and Banco Popular Espanol may jointly control Banco Popular Hipotecario, 99:459 – – NOR Bank may acquire Bank DnB NORD, 99:768 – – State Street may acquire Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiaries, 98:524
– – Bertelsmann/Holtzbrinck joint acquisition of Premium Vertriebs approved, 99:195
– – Planeta and Bertelsmann may jointly acquire Circulo, 99:59 – Chemicals
– – AkzoNobel may acquire Rohm and Haas powder coating business, 98:493
– – Huntsman may acquire Tronox plants, 98:32 – – KP Chemical may acquire Artenius, 98:383 – – Lloyds TSB Development Capital may acquire Petrochem Carless Holdings, 98:352 – – Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings may acquire Mitsubishi Rayon, 98:283 – – Orascom Construction Industries may acquire Royal DSM, 98:664 – – Sun Capital Partners may acquire DSM Special Products and DSM IP Assets, 99:684 – – Toray Industries and Tonen Chemical Corporation may acquire Tonen Specialty Separator Godo Kaisha, 98:164 – Computers
– – Foxconn may acquire Dell subsidiary, 99:417
– – Hewlett-Packard may acquire 3Com, 98:222 – – InnoLux Display, Chi Mei Optoelectronics, and TPO Displays may merge, 98:284 – – Oracle may acquire Sun Microsystems, 98:95
– – Bank of Am./Barclays may acquire DSI Intl., 98:285
– – CRH may acquire BauKing, 99:768 – – Klockner may acquire Becker Group, 98:286 – Defense and security products
– – EADS Defense & Security SAS and Atlas Elektronik GmbH joint venture authorized, 99:574
– – EADS Deutschland may merge with Odebrecht Plantas Industriais e Participacoes, 99:421 – Electricity
– – Areva T&D Holding may be acquired by Alston Holdings and Schneider Electric, 98:409
– – Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings may acquire Electricite de France, 99:486 – – Elia System Operator and Industry Funds Mgmt. may jointly control 50Hertz Transmission, 98:591 – – Emerson may acquire Chloride, 99:279 – – EnBW may acquire Praska Energetika, 99:315 – – Enel Green Power and Sharp joint venture cleared, 98:470 – – EVN and Verbund may jointly control Energji Ashta Shpk, 99:252 – – Hidroelectrical Del Cantabrico may acquire Naturgas Energia Grupo, In Brief, 99:630 – – TenneT may acquire Transpower Stromubertragungs, 98:192
– – Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and FCPI may jointly acquire Blue Lion mobile, 99:656
– – Metro and Convergenta Asia may acquire Media-Saturn China-Holding, 98:470 – Energy
– – APX may acquire Belpex, 99:383
– – Dalkia Eeska republika may acquire NWR Energy, 98:626 – – Glencore Intl. may acquire Chemoil Energy, 98:256
– – Bregal Capital may acquire Englefield Capital, 98:131
– – Cinvan may acquire Spice, In Brief, 99:576 – – Deutsche Bank may acquire Sal. Oppenheim, 98:163 – – Haselsteiner Familien-Privatstiftung and Krassny-Privatstiftung may acquire Semper Constantia Privatbank Aktiengesellschaft, 98:470
– – Brakes Group may acquire Menigo Food, 98:470
– – Carlyle Group may acquire NBTY, 99:355 – – Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Hans-Peter Wild may acquire Wild Group unit, 98:418 – – Kraft acquisition of Cadbury subject to divestitures, 98:63 – – Lactalis may acquire Puleva, 99:278 – – Lamb Weston/Meijer may acquire Frisch & Frost, 99:545 – – Lion Capital may acquire Picard Groupe, 99:457 – – Marfrig Alimentos may acquire Keystone Foods Intermediate, 99:419 – – Marfrig Alimentos may acquire Seara Alimentos, 98:29 – – Permira Holdings may acquire Compagnia Surgelati Italiana, 99:387 – – Unilever acquisition of Sara Lee subject to divestiture, 99:627 – – Vion may acquire Weyl, 99:280 – Furniture, Advent Intl. may acquire DFS Furniture, 98:694 – Gaming, Louis Dreyfus, Financieres Lov, and Societe Anonym des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers a Monaco cleared for joint control of Mangas Gaming, 98:131 – Health care
– – Agilent conditionally cleared to acquire Varian, 98:97
– – Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund and Goldman Sachs may jointly control Harrington Group, 99:355 – – Intel/GE joint venture approved, 99:546 – – Jarden may acquire Total unit, 98:418 – – Ramsay Health Care and Predica may acquire Groupe Proclif, 98:418 – – Silver Lake and BC Partners may jointly control MultiPlan Holdings, 99:252 – – TPG Partners V and VI cleared to acquire IMS Health, 98:160 – – Triton Fund may acquire Ambea, 98:418 – Insecticides, SC Johnson acquisition of Sara Lee business to be examined, 99:354 – Insurance
– – BNP Paribas may acquire Dexia Epargne Pension, 98:192
– – MetLife may acquire LICO and DelAm, 99:280 – Media, News Corp. may acquire BSkyB, 99:764 – Metals
– – Apollo Group may acquire Alcan Engineered Products, 99:546
– – Scholz and voestalpine may acquire Kovosrot, 98:192
– – Maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, Ammroc joint venture cleared, 99:768
– – Products, Saab acquisition approved, 98:664 – Mortgages, Fortress Investment Group may acquire Residential Capital assets, 99:252 – Motor vehicles
– – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Onex may jointly control Tomkins, 99:355
– – CD&R Osprey Bidco may acquire BCA Holdings, 98:256 – – Compagnie Plastic Omnium may acquire Inergy Automotive Systems, 99:315 – – Faurecia may acquire Emcon Tech., 98:64 – – Faurecia may acquire Plastal subsidiary, 99:457 – – Geely and Daqing may acquire Volvo, 99:57 – – Gestamp Automocion may acquire Edscha unit, 98:382 – – Johnson Controls may acquire Michel Thierry Group, 99:656 – – Magna and Semikron may acquire Vepoint, 99:387 – – Renco Group may acquire Body Systems Holdings Netherlands, 99:686 – – TSB Bank and Svenska Handelsbanken may jointly acquire Dyson, 99:655 – – Volkswagen may acquire Mahag Group, 98:29 – – WABCO and RuC joint venture may proceed, 98:352
– – Agip Austria may acquire Mobil Oil Austria, 98:663
– – Al Shaheen Energy Serv. may acquire joint controlling stake in PII Group and PII N. Am., 98:286 – – Bominflot Bunkergesellschaft fur Mineralole may acquire SBI Holding, 98:28 – – Delek Group may acquire BP France units, 99:252 – – Enirete may acquire Fox Energy, 98:694 – – GDF Suez Energia Italia may acquire Acea Electrabel Produzione and Acea Electrabel Trading, 99:688 – – Macquarie Funds and Antin Infrastructure Partners may acquire Strategic Storage Facilities Holdings, 98:164 – – Osaka Gas CO may acquire Saggas, 99:385 – – Sasol Synfuels International and Qatar Petroleum may jointly control Oryx GTL, 99:768 – – Schlumberger Ltd. may acquire Smith Intl., 99:162 – – Topaz Energy Group may acquire Shell Aviation Ireland, 99:602 – – Total Italia and ERG Petroli joint venture cleared, 98:663 – Packaging, One Equity Partners may acquire Constantia Packaging, 98:64 – Paper, Heinzel may acquire Europapier, 99:486 – Passenger transport, Keolis may acquire Busslink, 99:91 – Personal protective equipment, Honeywell may acquire Sperian, 99:193 – Pharmaceuticals
– – Alliance Boots may acquire controlling interest in Andreae-NorisZahn, 99:766
– – Citigroup Ventura Capital International and Advance Properties may jointly control Huvepharma, 99:630 – – Deutsche Bank may acquire Actavis, 99:418 – – DocMorris/K-Mail joint venture approved, 99:516 – – Novartis acquisition of Alcon subject to conditions, 99:219 – – Reckitt Benckiser/SSL merger subject to divestitures, 99:544 – – Teva acquisition of Ratiopharm, divestitures required, 99:192
– – Bain Capital may acquire Styron Business, 98:525
– – Total Petrochemicals Feluy may acquire Plimeri Europa Benelux polystyrene business, 99:60 – Printing, Canon may acquire Oce, 98:30 – Publishing
– – Bertelsmann and Mediengruppe M. DuMont Schauberg may jointly control Learnship Networks, 99:315
– – EQT V may acquire Springer Science + Business Media, 98:131 – Recycling
– – Montagu Private Equity and Global Infrastructure Partners may acquire Greenstar, 99:195
– – Sita France and Paprec Plastiques may jointly control France Plastiques Recyclage, 98:64
– – Allianz may acquire Allee Center, 98:256
– – AXA may acquire Home Shopping Europe, 98:97 – – KKR may acquire Pets at Home, 98:352 – – Otto Group may acquire Quelle Versand and Spengler Versand assets, 98:591 – – Sun Capital may acquire Vroom & Dreesmann, In Brief, 99:604 – Security equipment, United Tech. may acquire GE security business, 98:284 – Security services, Securitas may acquire Reliance Security Services and Reliance Security Services Scotland, 99:602 – Ships and shipping
– – Abu Dhabi Mar and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems consolidation approved, 99:313
– – Statoil South Riding Point may acquire Freepoint Tug & Towing Serv., 98:286
– – Dassault Systemes may acquire IBM unit, 98:413
– – Ed. Zublin and VMT joint venture approved, In Brief, 99:604 – – Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo! search business approved, 98:221 – Steel
– – Metinvest may acquire IISW, 99:387
– – POSCO may acquire Daewoo, 99:355 – – Triton may acquire Ovako business, 99:387 – Supermarkets, Carrefour and Marinopolous joint venture approved, 99:195 – Surface treatment, Credit Suisse and Barclays may jointly acquire Ionbond, 99:195 – Telecommunications
– – Cedar I Holding Co. may acquire CommScope Inc., 99:768
– – Cisco may acquire Tandberg, 98:410 – – Nokia Siemens Networks may acquire Motorola Network Business, 99:767 – – NTT may acquire Dimension Data Holdings, 99:252 – – Orange UK/T-Mobile UK merger, divestitures required, 98:285 – – SFR Developpement and Europ Assistance Holding may acquire Ocealis, 98:98 – – Tech Data Europe and Brightstar Europe may jointly control Triade, 99:418 – – Telefonica Deutschland may acquire Hansenet Telekommunikation, 98:162
– – BBC Worldwide and All3Media Deutschland may create Tower Productions, 98:193
– – CVC and Caixanova may jointly acquire Cable y Telecomunicaciones, 98:694 – – Foxconn may acquire Sony production facilities, 99:28 – – TPV Technology may acquire Koninklijke Philips Electronics, 99:601 – Tools
– – Cooper Industries and Danaher cleared for joint venture, 98:722
– – Stanley Works may acquire Black & Decker, 98:351 – Transportation
– – Alstom Holdings may acquire jointly controlling stake in CJCS Transmasholding, In Brief, 99:603
– – Deutsche Bahn acquisition of Arriva subject to divestiture, 99:218 – – Saferoad may acquire ViaCon, 99:768 – – Veolia Transport/Transdev merger partially approved, 99:217 – Veterinary products, Eli Lilly may acquire Pfizer animal health assets, 98:663 – Waste management
– – Goldman Sachs and TPG Group Holdings may acquire Ontex Intl., 99:455
– – Urbaser and Public Power Corporation joint venture cleared, 99:768
– – Mitsubishi and Ebara may jointly control Ebara Engineering Services, 98:352
– – Suez Environnement may acquire Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, 98:524 – – Veolia Group may acquire of United Utilities Group assets, 99:572
– Ed. Note: This heading covers issues affecting the EU as a whole. For issues involving member countries, see specific country.
– Air transportation
– – Airport and airline, investigation of agreement, 98:130
– – Flybe, OFT dominance investigation, predation not shown, In Brief, 99:603 – – Merger of Olympic and Aegean probed, 99:192 – Block Exemptions
– – Distribution of goods and services, 98:490
– – Motor vehicles, 98:559; distribution and repair, 98:661
– – Animal feed, hybrid settlement scheme, 99:121
– – Bathroom fixtures, 98:790 – – Fines, 98:558 – – Freight forwarding, 98:191 – – Liquid crystal display panel manufacturers fined, 99:711 – – Prestressed steel, fines, 99:58 – – Simplified settlement procedure, DRAM, 98:625 – – Window mountings, 98:791 – Computers, mainframe dominance investigation, 99:160 – Consumer protection, OFT enforcement data, 99:163 – Credit cards
– – Interbank fee cuts, 98:522
– – Multilateral exchange fees, market tests, 98:694 – Diamond consolidation barred (ECJ), 99:25 – Due process, ABA offers comments on competition proceedings, 98:282; additional comments, 99:26 – Economic crisis and antitrust enforcement, 98:212 – Electricity
– – EDF, dominance commitments, 98:350
– – Equipment sector inspections, 98:160 – – J&T Group, inspection obstruction, 98:693 – Enforcement efforts, review, 99:509 – Generic drugs
See GENERIC DRUGS
– Internet
– – Broadband Internet access market probe extends to parent company, 99:767
– – Google search engine abuse charges, EU probe, 99:683 – – Search engines, competition complaints, 98:255 – – Web browser choice, Microsoft implementation, 98:282 – Marine insurance, investigation, 99:279 – Members of European Commission confirmed, 98:189 – Merger approvals – Mergers and acquisitions
– – Components, surprise inspections, 98:283
– – Prices, slight decline in purchase, increase in repair, 99:90 – Oil and gas
– – Natural gas, divestitures, 99:420
– – Open access commitments, 98:558 – – Pipelines, divestitures, 98:191 – Pharmaceuticals
– – Dominance investigation against Lundbeck, 98:64
– – Information request, misleading information, 99:158 – Privacy, identity of meeting attendees, 99:55 – Proceedings, best practices and guidance, 98:26 – Shipping, EU investigates Baltic feeder vessel scheme, 98:96; program ends, 98:411 – Steel, price fixing fines, 99:454 – Telecommunications, Statement of Objections to Polish incumbent, 98:283 – Vertical restraints, Analysis & Perspective, 99:478 – Water inspection, breach of seal, 98:721
– Gas mileage improvement products, motion to compel (D.N.J.), 99:211
– Newly discovered evidence, due diligence (6th Cir.), 98:368
– Allocation of inventory (U.S., rev den), 99:429
– Artificial teeth, reliability (M.D. Pa.), 98:540 – Beer distribution franchise, fair market value (D.N.J.), 98:719 – Cocktail lounge, relevant market (9th Cir.), 98:340 – Milk processors, competing witnesses retained (E.D. Tenn.), 99:723 – Speedway, relevant market (6th Cir.), 98:242 Contact the Webmaster at webmaster@bna.com Copyright © The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
