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services for a trial period at no charge 

or for a reduced price. If the consumer 

does not cancel the agreement before the 

end of the trial period, the product 

shipments or provision of services 

continue and the consumer incurs 

charges. 

The FTC’s upcoming workshop 

‘‘Negative Options: Analyzing the 

Marketing of Offers with Negative 

Option Features’’ will continue the 

Commission’s long-standing efforts to 

address these types of sales offers in a 

manner that balances their benefits to 

businesses and consumers against the 

potential for deception and abuse. The 

workshop will provide an opportunity 

to learn more about the benefits and 

costs of negative option offers from 

consumer, business, and academic 

perspectives. 

With the explosion of Internet 

marketing over the past ten years, 

negative option offers are as much a 

fixture of online advertising as in any 

other advertising media. The workshop 

will bring together Internet experts, 

industry, and consumer groups to 

discuss consumer behavior online and 

how it affects consumers and marketers 

with respect to negative option offers. 

We expect to address the following 

questions: 

1. What are the pros and cons of 

negative option marketing? 

• Why do businesses choose to 

structure offers with negative option 

features? 

• What are the benefits of negative 

option offers to businesses and 

consumers? 

• What are the costs of negative 

option offers to businesses and 

consumers? 

• How do consumers interpret or 

misinterpret negative option offers? 

2. How do consumers behave when 

viewing and responding to marketing 

offers online? 

• How do consumers navigate online 

advertising? 

• How do marketers present contract 

terms and make disclosures in online 

advertising? 

• What does online research reveal 

about how to communicate effectively 

important offer terms to consumers? 

3. How can marketers meet the clear 

and conspicuous standard for 

advertising disclosures when making 

negative option offers online? 

• Are there issues unique to negative 

option offers that must be addressed 

when making clear and conspicuous 

disclosures? 

• What challenges do marketers face 

in applying the clear and conspicuous 

standard to online negative option 

offers? 

4. How can advertisers make negative 

option offers with effective disclosures 

that are compatible with the advertising 

message? 

• Where in online advertising should 

marketers make negative option 

disclosures? 

• At what point in the sales offer 

should marketers make such 

disclosures? 

• What types of information about the 

offer should marketers include in the 

advertising? 

Form and Availability of Comments 

The FTC requests that interested 

parties submit written comments 

addressing the above questions to foster 

greater understanding of the issues. In 

particular, the FTC requests that 

commentators submit relevant studies, 

surveys, research, and empirical data. 

The comment period will remain open 

after the workshop so that interested 

parties can provide input regarding the 

discussions held at the workshop. 

Written comments must be received on 

or before February 26, 2007, and may be 

filed in either paper or electronic form. 

All comments should be filed as 

prescribed in the ADDRESSES section 

above. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–22147 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Granting of Request for Early 

Termination of the Waiting Period 

Under the Premerger Notification 

Rules 

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 

U.s.c. 18a, as added by Title II of the 

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust 

Improvements Act of 1976, requires 

persons contemplating certain mergers 

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant Attorney 

General advance notice and to wait 

designated periods before 

consummation of such plans. Section 

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, 

in individual cases, to terminate this 

waiting period prior to its expiration 

and requires that notice of this action be 

published in the Federal Register. 

The following transactions were 

granted early termination of the waiting 

period provided by law and the 

premerger notification rules. The grants 

were made by the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant General 

for the Antitrust Division of the 

Department of Justice. Neither agency 

intends to take any action with respect 

to these proposed acquisitions during 

the applicable waiting period. 

Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/27/2006 

20070272 ............... MDU Resources Groupo, Inc. ..... Cascade Natural Gas Corp. ........ Cascade Natural Gas Corp. 

20070278 ............... Prism Business Media Holdings, 

LLC.

Penton Media, Inc. ....................... Penton Media, Inc. 

20070289 ............... RiskMetrics Group, Inc. ............... Institutional Shareholder Services Institutional Shareholder Services 

20070291 ............... Affordable Residential Communities, Inc..The C. Clifton Robinson 

Intervivos Assets Trust.

NLASCO, Inc. 

20070300 ............... Wellsford Real Properties, Inc. .... Reis, Inc. ...................................... Reis, Inc. 

20070304 ............... Alfred E. Mann ............................. MannKind Corporation ................. MannKind Corporation 

20070315 ............... Aruze ............................................ Wynn Resorts, Limited ................ Wynn Resorts, Limited 

20070317 ............... H.I.G. Capital Partners III, L.P. .... The Bernard Sherman 2000 Trust The Harvard Drug Group, L.L.C. 

20070322 ............... ValueAct Capital Master Fund, 

L.P..

Seitel, Inc. .................................... Seitel, Inc. 

20070324 ............... David Geffen ................................ DWA Escrow LLLP ...................... Dream Works Animation SKG, Inc. 

20070325 ............... Jeffrey Katzenberg ....................... DWA Escrow LLLP ...................... Dream Works Animation SKG, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/28/2006 

20070237 ............... Blue Harbour Strategic Value 

Partners Offshore, Ltd..

Community Health Systems, Inc. Community Health Systems, Inc. 


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Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities 

20070249 ............... Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P..James E. Mauer .......................... JEM Sales, Inc. 

Zartic, Inc. 

Zar Tran, Inc. 

20070284 ............... Wellspring Capital Partners IV, 

L.P..

Superior Plus Income Fund ......... JW Aluminum Holding Company 

20070293 ............... Herbst Gaming, Inc. ..................... Kirk Kerkorian .............................. PRMA Land Development Company 

The Primodonna Company, LLC 

20070320 ............... Joseph M. Gregory ...................... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/29/2006 

20070299 ............... Prides Capital Fund I, L.P. .......... Waste Services, Inc. .................... Waste Services, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/30/2006 

20070250 ............... Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. .......... OGRS, L.L.C. ............................... Oil & Gas Rental Services, Inc. 

20070274 ............... Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. ... Chicago Equity Partners, LLC ..... Chicago Equity Partners, LLC 

20070281 ............... SkillSoft PLC ................................ 2003 TIL Settlement .................... Thomson Global Resources 

Thomson Learning Inc. 

20070282 ............... 2003 TIL Settlement .................... SkillSoft PLC ................................ SkillSoft PLC and certain assets of Teksid Aluminum Components, Inc. 

Teksid Aluminum Foundry, Inc. 

Teksid do Brasil Aluminio Ltd. 

Teksid Investment Aluminum B.V. 

20070309 ............... Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V. ..................... Questor Partners Bermuda, L.P..

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/01/2006 

20070295 ............... TC Pipelines ................................ Sierra Pacific Resources Inc. ...... Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company 

20070298 ............... Nomura Holding, Inc. ................... Silver Lake Partners II, L.P. ........ Instinet Incorporated 

20070314 ............... Westbury Trust ............................ Waste Services, Inc. .................... Waste Services, Inc. 

20070316 ............... Electric Power Development Co., 

Ltd..

Peoples Energy Corporation ....... COB Energy Facility, LLC 

Elwood Energy, LLC 

Elwood Expansion, LLC 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/04/2006 

20070287 ............... Micron Technology, Inc. .............. Bali Investments S.a.r.l. ............... Avago Technologies Limited 

20070303 ............... Hunter’s Glen/Ford, Ltd. .............. Affordable Residential Communities Inc..Affordable Residential Communities Inc. 

20070310 ............... Bank of America Corporation ...... Clout Financial Services, Inc. ...... Clout Financial Services, Inc. 

20070311 ............... SPC Partners III, L.P. .................. Raj Bhathal .................................. RAJ Manufacturing, Inc. 

20070327 ............... McKesson Corporation ................ Per-Se Technologies, Inc. ........... Per-Se Technologies, Inc. 

20070335 ............... Zubair M. Kazi ............................. YUM! Brands, Inc. ....................... KFC U.S. Properties, Inc. 

20070337 ............... Liz Claiborne, Inc. ........................ Newton Holding, LLC ................... Kate Spade LLC 

20070339 ............... PepsiCo, Inc. ............................... North Castle Partners II, L.P. ...... Naked Juice Co. Holdings, Inc. 

20070342 ............... Sandler Capital Partners V, L.P. Dean Hazen ................................. Starstream Communications Inc. 

20070346 ............... Catholic Healthcare West ............ Mission Holding Corporation ....... CDS of Nevada, Inc. and Primary Care Plus 

Mission Holding Corporation 

Primary Care Plus Foundation 

Saint Mary’s Foundation 

Saint Mary’s Health First 

Saint Mary’s Outpatient Surgery Center at Galena 

Saint Mary’s Preferred Health Insurance Company, Inc. 

Saint Mary’s Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center 

20070350 ............... CHS Private Equity V LP ............. Mainline Holding Company, LLC Mainline Holding Company, LLC 

20070354 ............... GWLS Holdings, Inc. ................... Fenway Partners Capital Fund II, 

L.P..

Greatway Logistics Services, Inc. 

20070359 ............... W. Jack Davis .............................. Citigroup Inc. ................................ ERICO Global Company 

20070362 ............... Abbott Laboratories ..................... Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ........... Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

20070363 ............... Alexander Abramov ..................... Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. ............... Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. 

20070364 ............... Roman Abramovich ..................... Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. ............... Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. 

20070370 ............... Audax Private Equity Fund, L.P. Thomas Gorny ............................. Dot5Hosing, Inc. 

iPower, Inc. 

StartLogic, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/05/2006 

20070259 ............... MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners (Cayman) II LP.Owens Corning ............................ Owens Corning 

20070260 ............... MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners II L.P..Owens Corning ............................ Owens Corning 


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Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/06/2006 

20070328 ............... The Bear Stearns Copanies, Inc. Dean Vanech ............................... Delta Power Company, LLC 

DPC Atlantis, LLC 

20070376 ............... Sterling Investment Partners II, 

L.P..

American Capital Strategies, Ltd. WWC Acquisitions, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/07/2006 

20070319 ............... Bayer AG ..................................... Warner Chilcott Limited ............... Warner Chilcott (US), Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/08/2006 

20070276 ............... Thompson Street Capital Partners II, L.P..Randy Mauermann ...................... Connecticut Electric & Switch Manufacturing Co. 

Parallax Power Supply, LLC 

Tacoma Electric Supply, LLC 

20070301 ............... Tata Steel Limited ........................ Corus Group plc .......................... Corus Group plc 

20070312 ............... CSL Limited ................................. Medimmune, Inc. ......................... Medimmune, Inc. 

20070313E.P. 

Hamilton Trusts, 

LLC.

Blackwell Publishing Limited ....... Blackwell Publishing Limited.

20070326 ............... Alexander Knaster ....................... Richard W. Muzzy, Jr. ................. The Holland Group, Inc. 

20070330 ............... Harbour Group Investments V, 

L.P..

FdG Capital Partners LLC ........... Implus Footcare, LLC 

20070349 ............... News Corporation ........................ Netherlands Mobile Holdings, 

B.V..

Netherlands Mobile Holdings, B.V. 

20070352Fortis SA Stuart N. Leaf .............................. Cadogan Management LLC.

20070353 ............... Fortis N.V. .................................... Stuart N. Leaf .............................. Cadogan Management LLC 

20070366 ............... Diamond Castle Partners IV, L.P. Providence Equity Partners IV 

L.P..

BlueStone TV Holdings Inc. 

20070375 ............... Green Equity Invwestors IV, L.P. Federated Department Stores, 

Inc..

David’s Bridal, Inc. 

Priscilla of Boston, Inc. 

20070382 ............... Dynea Oy ..................................... Dynea Canada Ltd. ......................

Dynea Chemicals Oy ...................

Dynea Mexico S.A. de C.V. .........

Marmorandum LLC.

20070385 ............... Morgenthaler lPartners VII, L.P. .. Frank Gibbs ................................. Ryan Herco Products Corporation 

20070387 ............... Morgan Stanley ............................ Welsh, Carson, Anderson & 

Stowe IX, L.P..

the Company 

20070388 ............... InterMedia Partners VII, L.P. ....... Primedia, Inc. ............................... Primedia Enthusiast Publications, Inc. 

Primedia Special Interest Publications, Inc. 

Primedia Specialty Group, Inc. 

20070389 ............... J.W. Childs Equity Partners III, 

L.P..

CHG Healthcare Services, Inc. ... CHG Healthcare Services, Inc. 

20070402 ............... AT&T Inc. ..................................... Comergent Technologies ............. Comergent Technologies, Inc. 

20070405 ............... Parallel Investment Partners, PL Ricarhd A. Godley ....................... Regional Management Corp. 

20070413 ............... American Express Company ....... Oak Investment Partners XI, Limited Partnership.Harbor Payments, Inc. 

20070416 ............... SIC Investment Co., Ltd. ............. Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd. ......... Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd. 

20070423 ............... Cypress Semioconductor Corporation.Thomas Dinwoodie ...................... PowerLight Corporation 

20070424 ............... Thomas Dinwoodie ...................... Cypress Semioconductor Corporation.SunPower Corporation 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/11/2006 

20070351 ............... AEGON, N.V. ............................... Clark, Inc. ..................................... Clark, Inc. 

20070356 ............... Nidec Corporation ........................ Valeo S.A. .................................... Valeo Equipment 1 Mexico, S.de R.L. de C.V. 

Valeo Equipment 1 U.S., Inc. 

20070418 ............... Motorola, Inc. ............................... Good Technology ........................ Good Technology, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/12/2006 

20061437 ............... Johnson & Johnson ..................... Pfizer, Inc. .................................... CHC Direct LLC 

Parke, Davis & Company LIC 

Pfizer H.C.P. Corporation and Others 

Pfizer Overseas, Inc. 

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC 

Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC 

Tabor Corporation 

Warner Lambert Co LLC 

20070332 ............... Rhone Capital L.L.C. ................... Compar Invest S.A. ..................... LWB Refractories Holding GmbH 

20070340 ............... 3M Company ............................... Don Segal .................................... SoftMed Systems, Inc. 


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Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities 

20070357 ............... BlackRock Kelso Capital Holding 

LLC.

Joseph A. Megy ........................... Jamegy, Inc. 

20070361 ............... Caxton-Iseman (VNG), L.P. ......... Gary E. West ............................... Valley National Gases Incorporated 

20070368 ............... Great Hill Equity Partners III, L.P. FreightQuote.com Inc. ................. FreightQuote.com Inc. 

20070372 ............... Q-Comm Corporation .................. Journal Communications, Inc. ..... Norlight Telecommunications, Inc. 

20070401 ............... Quad-C Partners VII, L.P. ........... Dublin Clark Fund II, L.P. ............ Special Event Services, Inc. 

20070408 ............... Royal Bank of Canada ................ Ronald H. Shear .......................... CAMS GP, LLC 

Carlin Asset Management, LLC 

GTP, LLC 

20070409 ............... Paul G. Desmarais ...................... U.S. Bancorp ............................... U.S. Bank National Association 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/13/2006 

20070393 ............... Alan B. Miller ............................... Texoma HealthCare System ....... TexomaCare 

Texoma Interstate Ventures, Inc. 

Texoma Medical Center, Inc. 

Texoma Medical Center Restorative Care Hospital 

Texoma Specialty Care 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/14/2006 

20070396 ............... Pfizer Inc. ..................................... Embrex, Inc. ................................. Embrex, Inc. 

20070404 ............... West Central Cooperative ........... SoyMor Cooperative .................... SoyMor Biodiesel LLC 

20070406 ............... The Penderley Charitable Trust .. Orient Overseas (International) 

Limited.

Consolidated (Terminal Holdings) Ltd. 

Global Terminal & Container Services Inc. 

20070432 ............... Reed Elsevier PLC ...................... BuyerZone.com, Inc. .................... BuyerZone.com, Inc. 

20070433 ............... Reed Elsevier PLC ...................... BuyerZone.com, Inc. .................... BuyerZone.com, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/15/2006 

20070386Abbott 

Laboratories.

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...... Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc..

20070419 ............... Premium Holding Corporation ..... Independent Bank Corporation .... Mepco Acceptance Corp 

Mepco Insurance Premium Financing, Inc. 

20070428 ............... Beecken Petty O’Keefe QP Fund 

II, L.P..

Fidelity Investors VI Limited Partnership.TIDI Holdings, LLC 

20070430 ............... Alleghany Corporation ................. Homesite Group Incorporated ..... Homesite Group Incorporated 

20070436 ............... Axium International, Inc. .............. Computer Horizons Corp. ............ Chimes, Inc. 

Chimes Servicing Corp. 

20070439 ............... Global Geophysical Services, Inc. Global Geophysical Services, Inc..

20070459 ............... Actuant Corporation ..................... Hubregsem Bonnet Equity Partners, L.P..Maxima Holding Company, Inc. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative 

or Renee Hallman, Contact 

Representative Federal Trade 

Commission, Premerger Notification 

Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H–

303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–

3100. 

By Direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–9865 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health; Final Effect of 

Designation of a Class of Employees 

for Addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice 

concerning the final effect of the HHS 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Los Alamos National 

Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 

as an addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

November 9, 2006, as provided for 

under 42 U.S.C. 7834q(b), the Secretary 

of HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

Employees of the Department of Energy 

predecessor agencies and their contractors or 

subcontractors who were monitored or 

should have been monitored for exposure to 

ionizing radiation associated with radioactive 

lanthanum (RaLa) operations at Technical 

Area 10 (Bayo Canyon Site), Technical Area 

35 (Ten Site), and Buildings H, Sigma, and 

U (located within Technical Area 1) at the 

Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for a 

number of work days aggregating at least 250 

work days during the period from September 

1, 1944 through July 18, 1963, or in 

combination with work days within the 

parameters established for one or more other 

classes of employees in the SEC. 

This designation became effective on 

December 9, 2006, as provided for under 

42 U.S.C. 7834l(14)(C). Hence, 

beginning on December 9, 2006, 

members of this class of employees, 

defined as reported in this notice, 

became members of the Special 

Exposure Cohort. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Ellicott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513–

533–6800 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Information requests can also 


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