65816 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 217 / Thursday, November 9, 2006 / Notices 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–19046 Filed 11–8–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than 

November 27, 2006. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. Dennis Duane Haugen, Portland, 

North Dakota; to acquire voting shares 

of Full Service Insurance Agency, Inc., 

Buxton, North Dakota and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of First 

State Bank, Buxton, North Dakota. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 6, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–18974 Filed 11–8–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than December 7, 

2006. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166-2034: 

1. First Banks, Inc., Hazelwood, 

Missouri; to acquire an additional 4.09 

percent, for a total direct and indirect 

control of 24.99 percent, of Community 

West Bancshares, Goleta, California, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Community West Bank, National 

Association, Goleta, California. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. B & E Investments Inc., (State Bank 

of Arcadia) Employee Stock Ownership 

Plan & Trust, Arcadia , Wisconsin; and 

B & E Investments, Inc., Bloomer, 

Wisconsin; to acquire 100 percent of the 

voting shares of John O. Melby & 

Company Bank, Whitehall, Wisconsin. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 6, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–18973 Filed 11–8–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

Federal Reserve System 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

TIME AND DATE: 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, 

November 14, 2006. 

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal 

Reserve Board Building, 20th Street 

entrance between Constitution Avenue 

and C Streets, NW., Washington, DC 

20551. 

STATUS: Open. 

We ask that you notify us in advance 

if you plan to attend the open meeting 

and provide your name, date of birth, 

and social security number (SSN) or 

passport number. You may provide this 

information by calling (202) 452–2474 

or you may register online. You may 

pre–register until close of business 

November 13, 2006. You also will be 

asked to provide identifying 

information, including a photo ID, 

before being admitted to the Board 

meeting. The Public Affairs Office must 

approve the use of cameras; please call 

(202) 452–2955 for further information. 

If you need an accommodation for a 

disability, please contact Penelope 

Beattie on (202) 452–3982. For the 

hearing impaired only, please use the 

Telecommunication Device for the Deaf 

(TDD) on (202) 263–4869. 

Privacy Act Notice: Providing the 

information requested is voluntary; 

however, failure to provide your name, 

date of birth, and social security number 

or passport number may result in denial 

of entry to the Federal Reserve Board. 

This information is solicited pursuant to 

Sections 10 and 11 of the Federal 

Reserve Act and will be used to 

facilitate a search of law enforcement 

databases to confirm that no threat is 

posed to Board employees or property. 

It may be disclosed to other persons to 

evaluate a potential threat. The 

information also may be provided to law 

enforcement agencies, courts, and 

others, but only to the extent necessary 

to investigate or prosecute a violation of 

law. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Discussion Agenda: 

1. Proposed 2007 Private Sector 

Adjustment Factor and Fee Schedules 

for Priced Services. 

NOTE: This meeting will be recorded for 

the benefit of those unable to attend. 

Cassettes will be available for listening 

in the Board’s Freedom of Information 

Office and copies may be ordered for $6 

per cassette by calling (202) 452–3684 or 

by writing to: Freedom of Information 

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1The comment must be accompanied by an 

explicit request for confidential treatment, 

including the factual and legal basis for the request, 

and must identify the specific portions of the 

comment to be withheld from the public record. 

The request will be granted or denied by the 

Commission’s General Counsel, consistent with 

applicable law and the public interest. See 

Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). 

Federal Reserve System, Washington, 

DC 20551. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Smith, Director, or Dave 

Skidmore, Assistant to the Board, Office 

of Board Members at 202–452–2955. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may 

call (202) 452–3206 for a recorded 

announcement of this meeting; or you 

may contact the Board’s Web site at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov for an 

electronic announcement. (The Web site 

also includes procedural and other 

information about the open meeting.) 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 7, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 06–9175 Filed 11–7–06; 1:51 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

[File No. 061 0187] 

Thermo Electron Corporation; Analysis 

of Agreement Containing Consent 

Orders to Aid Public Comment 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed Consent Agreement. 

SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this 

matter settles alleged violations of 

federal law prohibiting unfair or 

deceptive acts or practices or unfair 

methods of competition. The attached 

Analysis to Aid Public Comment 

describes both the allegations in the 

draft complaint and the terms of the 

consent order—embodied in the consent 

agreement—that would settle these 

allegations. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 15, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments. 

Comments should refer to ‘‘Thermo 

Electron Corp., File No. 061 0187,’’ to 

facilitate the organization of comments. 

A comment filed in paper form should 

include this reference both in the text 

and on the envelope, and should be 

mailed or delivered to the following 

address: Federal Trade Commission/ 

Office of the Secretary, Room 135–H, 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20580. Comments 

containing confidential material must be 

filed in paper form, must be clearly 

labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ and must 

comply with Commission Rule 4.9(c). 

16 CFR 4.9(c) (2005).1 The FTC is 

requesting that any comment filed in 

paper form be sent by courier or 

overnight service, if possible, because 

U.S. postal mail in the Washington area 

and at the Commission is subject to 

delay due to heightened security 

precautions. Comments that do not 

contain any nonpublic information may 

instead be filed in electronic form as 

part of or as an attachment to e-mail 

messages directed to the following email box: consentagreement@ftc.gov. 

The FTC Act and other laws the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. All timely and responsive 

public comments, whether filed in 

paper or electronic form, will be 

considered by the Commission, and will 

be available to the public on the FTC 

Web site, to the extent practicable, at 

www.ftc.gov. As a matter of discretion, 

the FTC makes every effort to remove 

home contact information for 

individuals from the public comments it 

receives before placing those comments 

on the FTC Web site. More information, 

including routine uses permitted by the 

Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC’s 

privacy policy, at http://www.ftc.gov/ 

ftc/privacy.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard H. Cunningham, Bureau of 

Competition, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–

2214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 6(f) of the Federal Trade 

Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C. 

46(f), and § 2.34 of the Commission 

Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 2.34, notice is 

hereby given that the above-captioned 

consent agreement containing a consent 

order to cease and desist, having been 

filed with and accepted, subject to final 

approval, by the Commission, has been 

placed on the public record for a period 

of thirty (30) days. The following 

Analysis to Aid Public Comment 

describes the terms of the consent 

agreement, and the allegations in the 

complaint. An electronic copy of the 

full text of the consent agreement 

package can be obtained from the FTC 

Home Page (for October 17, 2006), on 

the World Wide Web, at http:// 

www.ftc.gov/os/2006/10/index.htm. A 

paper copy can be obtained from the 

FTC Public Reference Room, Room 130–

H, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20580, either in person 

or by calling (202) 326–2222. 

Public comments are invited, and may 

be filed with the Commission in either 

paper or electronic form. All comments 

should be filed as prescribed in the 

ADDRESSES section above, and must be 

received on or before the date specified 

in the DATES section. 

Analysis of Agreement Containing 

Consent Order To Aid Public Comment 

I. Introduction 

The Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has accepted, subject to 

final approval, an Agreement 

Containing Consent Orders (‘‘Consent 

Agreement’’) from Thermo Electron 

Corporation (‘‘Thermo’’). The purpose of 

the Consent Agreement is to remedy the 

anticompetitive effects resulting from 

Thermo’s acquisition of Fisher 

Scientific International Inc. (‘‘Fisher’’). 

Under the terms of the Consent 

Agreement, Thermo is required to divest 

Genevac Limited and Genevac, Inc. 

(hereinafter referred to together as 

‘‘Genevac’’), which together comprise 

the entirety of Fisher’s centrifugal 

vacuum evaporator (‘‘CVE’’) business, 

within five months after the date 

Thermo signed the Consent Agreement. 

The Consent Agreement has been 

placed on the public record for thirty 

days to solicit comments from interested 

persons. Comments received during this 

period will become part of the public 

record. After thirty days, the 

Commission will again review the 

Consent Agreement and the comments 

received, and will decide whether it 

should withdraw from the Consent 

Agreement or make it final. 

Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of 

Merger dated May 7, 2006, Thermo 

proposes to acquire Fisher in a 

transaction valued at approximately 

$12.8 billion. The Commission’s 

complaint alleges that the proposed 

acquisition, if consummated, would 

violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as 

amended, 15 U.S.C. 18, and Section 5 of 

the Federal Trade Commission Act, as 

amended, 15 U.S.C. 45, by lessening 

competition in the market for highperformance CVEs. 

II. The Parties 

Headquartered in Waltham, 

Massachusetts, Thermo is one of the 

largest and most diversified suppliers of 

analytical instruments in the world. 

Founded in 1956, the company now 

employs 11,000 people worldwide with 

offices in thirty countries. Thermo owns 

many well-known laboratory equipment 

brands and sells high-performance CVEs 

under its Savant Speedvac brand. 


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