34418 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—Continued

ET date Trans No. ET req status Party name

G Eagle Quest Golf Centers, Inc.

19982883 G Telephone and Data Systems Inc. Voting Trust.

G Telephone and Data Systems Inc. Voting Trust.

G Crook County RSA Limited Partnership.

19982898 G Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company.

G Thomas J. Stewart.

G Eagle Insurance Group, Inc.

19982900 G Racing Champions Corporation.

G Wheels Sports Group, Inc.

G Wheels Sports Group, Inc.

19982907 G The News Corporation Limited.

G TVSM, Inc.

G TVSM, Inc.

19982910 G Broughton Foods Company.

G LFD Holding Corp.

G LFD Holding Corp.

19982915 G Consolidation Capital Corporation.

G James C. Linford.

G G.S. Group, Inc.

19982916 G New England Business Service, Inc.

G Romo Corp.

G McBee Systems, Inc.

19982919 G National Oilwell, Inc.

G First Reserve Fund VI, Limited Partnership.

G Phoenix Energy Products Holdings, Inc.

19982927 G ABB A.G.

G Paradigm Technology, Inc.

G IXYS Corporation.

19982928 G ABB A.B.

G Paradigm Technology, Inc.

G IXYS Corporation.

19982929 G Thomas T. Gore, an individual.

G Highmark, Inc., A Pennsylvania non-profit corporation.

G Synertech Health System Solutions, Inc.

19982936 G Advance Voting Trust.

G Wired Ventures, Inc.

G Wired Ventures, Inc.

19982940 G Willis Stein & Partners, L.P.

G Gottlob Auwaerter GmbH & Co.

G International Automotive Products, Inc.

19982941 G Kamilche Company.

G Louisiana-Pacific Corporation.

G Louisiana-Pacific Corporation.

19982957 G Manufactures’ Services Limited.

G International Business Machines Corporation.

G International Business Machines Corporation.

19982962 G NationsRent, Inc.

G Oliver H. Raymond.

G Raymond Equipment Company, Inc.

19982963 G Packerland Holdings, L.P.

G Paul J. Murray, Sr.

G Murco, Inc.

19982968 G Willis Stein & Partners, L.P.

G Larry Archibald.

G Stereophile, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P.

Fielding, Contact Representatives,

Federal Trade Commission, Premerger

Notification Office, Bureau of

Competition, Room 303, Washington,

D.C. 20580, (202) 326–3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–16876 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

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
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices 34419

premerger notification rules. The grants

were made by the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

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.

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION

ET date Trans No. ET req status Party name

26–MAY–98 ............ 19982739 G Assa Abloy AB.

G Hillenbrand Industreis, Inc.

G Medeco Security Locks, Inc.

19982746 G Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

G Richard M. Fairbanks & Virginia B. Fairbanks.

G Fairbanks Communications, Inc.

19982756 G James C. Hilliard.

G Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

G Clear Channel Metroplex, Inc.

G Clear Channel Metroplex Licenses, Inc.

19982770 G Jeffrey H. Smulyan.

G Mari Hulman George.

G Wabash Valley Broadcasting Corporation.

19982800 G Thomas E. Baker (Dr.).

G Aspen Technology, Inc.

G Aspen Technology, Inc.

19982801 G Aspen Technology, Inc.

G Thomas E. Baker (Dr.)

G Chesapeake Decision Sciences, Inc.

19982974 G Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

G SGW Holding Inc.

G Sega GameWorks L.L.C.

19982988 G Kellstrom Industries, Inc.

G Carmel and Rosa Shashua.

G Aerocar Aviation Corp./Aerocar Parts, Inc.

G Aerocar Parts, Inc.

27–MAY–98 ............ 19982831 G Able Telcom Holding Corp.

G WorldCom, Inc.

G MFS Network Technologeis, Inc.

19982882 G Journal Communications, Inc.

G AGM-Nevada, L.L.C.

G AGM-Nevada, L.L.C.

19982891 G Farm Family Holdings, Inc.

G Farm Family Life Insurance Company.

G Farm Family Life Insurance Company.

19982899 G Sidney B. DeBoer.

G Antonio Rodriguez.

G Rodway Chevrolet Co./Century Ford, Inc.

19982921 G AB Volvo.

G Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

G Samsung Construction Equipment America Corp.

19982923 G William D. Morton.

G Mid Central Plastics, Inc.

G Mid Central Plastics, Inc.

19982925 G Kranson Industries, Inc.

G W. Braun Company.

G W. Braun Company.

19982934 G The Children’s Hospital Foundation.

G The Children’s Seashore House.

G The Children’s Seashore House.

19982938 G Societe National d’Etude et de Construction.

G TI Group plc.

G Dowty Aerospace Corporation.

19982939 G Solectron Corporation.

G International Business Machines Corporation.

G International Business Machines Corporation.

19982950 G FS Equity Partners IV, L.P.

G Dennis C. Bearden.

G Century Maintenance Supply, Inc.

19982989 G Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita, Kansas.

G Preferred Health Systems, Inc.

G Preferred Health Systems, Inc.

19982990 G Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother Generalate, Inc.

19982990 G Preferred Health Systems, Inc.

G Preferred Health Systems, Inc.

28–MAY–98 ............ 19982626 G Windy Hill Pet Food Holdings, Inc.

G Gene W. Fickes and Sandra C. Fickes.

G Deep Run Packing Co., Inc.
34420 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—Continued

ET date Trans No. ET req status Party name

19982744 G Cottingham Trust (1996).

G Douglas Monitto.

G Monitor Aerospace Corporation.

19982914 G Anacomp, Inc.

G First Data Corporation.

G First Financial Management Corporation.

G Employee Benefits Plans, Inc.

19982944 G Metals USA, Inc.

G Roger L. Krohn and Marilyn B. Krohn.

G Krohn Steel Service Center, Incorporated.

19982952 Y Denali Incorporated.

Y William I. Koch.

Y Fibercast Company.

29–MAY–98 ............ 19982894 G Questor Partners Fund, L.P.

G IMPCO Technologies, Inc.

G IMPCO Technologies, Inc.

19982980 G Almanij N.V.

G Kredietbank N.V.

G Kredietbank N.V.

01–JUN–98 ............. 19982811 G Lakshmi N. Mittal.

G Inland Steel Industries, Inc.

G Inland Steel Industries, Inc.

19982837 G Hafslund ASA.

G Chrysler Corporation.

G Pontook Operating Limited Partnership.

19982895 G Queensway Financial Holdings Limited.

G James G. Petcoff.

G North Pointe Financial Service Inc.

19982896 G James G. Petcoff.

G Queensway Financial Holdings Limited.

G Queensway Financial Holdings Limited.

19982905 G U.S. Industries, Inc.

G Clark Manufacturing, Inc.

G Clark Manufacturing, Inc.

19982917 G Sterling Commerce, Inc.

G XcelleNet, Inc.

G XcelleNet, Inc.

19982918 G Dennis M. Crumpler.

G Sterling Commerce, Inc.

G Sterling Commerce, Inc.

19982951 G Life Re Corporation.

G Delos H. Yancey, Jr.

G North American Financial Services, Inc.

19982953 G Tension Envelope Corporation.

G The Wolf Detroit Envelope Company.

G The Wolf Detroit Envelope Company.

19982956 G Gibraltar Steel Corporation.

G United Steel Products Company.

G United Steel Products Company.

19982981 G Almanij N.V.

G CERA Bank.

G CERA Bank.

19982982 G General Motors Corporation.

G Allied Signal, Inc.

G AlliedSignal Environmental Catalysts Inc.

19982987 G IMI plc (a British Company).

01–JUN–98.

19982987 G Peter R. Fazzone.

G KIP, Inc.

19982994 G The Warnaco Group, Inc.

G Commerce Clothing Company LLC.

G Commerce Clothing Company LLC.

19982997 G Performance Food Group Company.

G Robert E. Keith.

G Affiliated Paper Companies, Inc.

19982998 G OEI International, Inc.

G W–Industries, Inc.

G W–Industries, Inc.

19982999 G Lubermens Mutual Casualty Company.

G Sid R. Bass.

G Pyramid Acquisition Corporation.

19983002 G Code, Hennessy & Simmons III, L.P.
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices 34421

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—Continued

ET date Trans No. ET req status Party name

G Tharco Containers Colorado, Inc.

G Tharco Containers Colorado, Inc.

19983005 G FPL Group, Inc.

G The Douglas Compton Trust.

G Cannon Power Corporation.

19983006 G FPL Group, Inc.

G Gerald W. Monkhouse.

G Cannon Power Corporation.

19983007 G Fortune Brands, Inc.

G Aktiebolaget Electrolux.

G Schrock Cabinet Company Division of White.

Consolidated.

G Industries, Inc.

19983022 G Coinmach Laundry Corporation.

G Thomas L. and Dorothy E. Litwin.

G Gordon & Thomas Companies, Inc.

19983057 G Wheatley Partners, L.P.

G USWeb Corporation.

G USWeb Corporation.

19983063 G Integrated Electrical Services, Inc.

G Herbert R. Allen.

G H.R. Allen, Inc.

19983064 G Herbert R. Allen.

G Integrated Electrical Services, Inc.

G Integrated Electrical Services, Inc.

02–JUN–98 ............. 19982866 G U S West, Inc.

G Time Warner Telecom, Inc.

G Time Warner Telecom, Inc.

19982868 G Time Warner Inc.

G Time Warner Telecom, Inc.

G Time Warner Telecom, Inc.

19983012 G Desc, S.A. de C.V.

G Authentic Specialty Foods, Inc.

G Authentic Specialty Foods, Inc.

19983016 G The Crown Fund.

G ALLTEL Corporation.

G ALLTEL Corporation.

19983018 G John Rutledge Partners II, L.P.

G W.R. Hambrecht/QIC, Inc.

G Quinton Instrument Company.

19983019 G Real Time Data, Inc.

G J. Richard Estey.

G The Estey Corporation.

G Vend Products Distributing of California, Inc.

19983030 G National-Oilwell, Inc.

G Estate of William A. Monteleone.

G Roberds-Johnson Industries, Inc.

19983033 G Group Maintenance America Corp.

G Giles C. Upshur, III.

G Atlantic Industrial Constructors, Inc

G Atlantic Industrial Maintenance, Inc.

G Atlantic Industrial Leasing Corporation, Inc.

19983035 G Group Maintenance America Corp.

G T. Evan Williams.

G I Maintenance, Inc.; and Atlantic Industrial Leasing Corp.

19983036 G Ocean Group plc.

G Mercury Holdings plc.

G Mercury Holdings plc.

19983046 G Commerical Union plc.

G Farmers Union Insurance Acquisition Corporation.

G Farmers Union Insurance Acquisition Corporation.

19983048 G ICM Equipment Company, L.L.C.

G Williams Bros. Construction, Inc.

G Williams Bros. Construction, Inc.

19983058 G Brentwood Associates Buyout Fund II, L.P.

G Stone Heavy Duty, Inc.

G Stone Heavy Duty, Inc.

19983071 G The Beacon Group III—Focus Value Fund, L.P.

G Robert Kern.

G Generac Corporation.

19983082 G General Motors Corporation.

G Edward J. Morse.
34422 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—Continued

ET date Trans No. ET req status Party name

G Morse Operations, Inc.

19983089 G Dartford Partnership L.L.C.

G MBW Investors L.L.C.

G NEWCO.

19983090 G McCown DeLeeuw & Co. III, L.P.

G MBW Investors L.L.C.

G NEWCO.

19983095 Y NE Restaurant Company, Inc.

Y Bertucci’s Inc.

Y Bertucci’s Inc.

03–JUN–98 ............. 19981604 Y Compaq Computer Corporation

Y Digital Equipment Corporation.

Y Digital Equipment Corporation.

19982893 G Danaher Corporation.

G Fluke Corporation.

G Fluke Corporation.

19982930 G Ira Leon Rennert.

G ASARCO Incorporated.

G ASARCO Incorporated.

19982933 G Robert F.X. Sillerman.

G Mugar MLWLLC.

G Blackstone Entertainment, LLC.

19982992 G NGC Corporation.

G Dominion Resources, Inc.

G Dominion Energy, Inc.

G Dominon Cogen CA, Inc.

19983001 G Ford Motor Company.

G Big 4 Rents, Inc.

G Big 4 Rents, Inc.

19983037 G Gordon Gray, Jr. Trust.

G Roy P. Disney.

G The Apogee Companies, Inc.

19983041 G Navix Radiology Systems, Inc.

G Fresenius AG.

G Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.

19983077 G Gerald W. Schwartz.

G Silicon Graphics, Inc.

G Cray Research, Inc.

19983091 G McCown De Leeuw & Co. IV, L.P.

G MBW Investors L.L.C.

G NEWCO

G Aurora Foods, Inc.

19983092 G Fenway Partners Capital Fund, L.P.

G MBW Investors L.L.C.

G NEWCO

04–JUN–98 ............. 19982945 G Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

G Newton-Wellesley Health Care System, Inc.

G Newton-Wellesley Health Care System, Inc.

19983017 G Henry Crown and Company (Not Incorporated).

G ALLTEL Corporation.

G ALLTEL Corporation.

19983079 G Northland Cranberries, Inc.

G Michael A. Morello.

G Minot Food Packers, Inc.

05–JUN–98 ............. 19982912 G Larry Addington.

G Cyprus Amax Minerals Company.

G Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corporation.

G Cyprus Mountain Coals Corporation.

G Cyprus Southern Realty Corporation.

G Cyprus Kanawha Corporation.

G Amax Coal Company.

G Amax Coal Sales Company.

G Ayrshire Land Company.

G Beech Coal Company.

G Meadowlark, Inc.

G Cannelton, Inc.

G Roaring Creek Coal Company.

G Grassy Cove Coal Mining Company.

19982993 G General Electric Company.

G Kaynar Technologies, Inc.

G Kaynar Technologies, Inc.

19983014 G Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices 34423

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—Continued

ET date Trans No. ET req status Party name

G George W. Andrews and Mary Ann Andrews.

G KECO Industries, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P.

Fielding, Contact Representatives,

Federal Trade Commission, Premerger

Notification Office, Bureau of

Competition, Room 303, Washington,

D.C. 20580, (202) 326–3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–16877 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 941–0095]

M.D. Physicians of Southwest

Louisiana, Inc.; Analysis 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 that accompanies the

consent agreement 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 August 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comment should be

directed to: FTC/Office of the Secretary,

Room 159, 6th St. and Pa. Ave., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Baer, FTC/H–374., Washington,

D.C. 20580. (202) 326–2932.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade

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

46 and Section 2.34 of the commission’s

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 sixty (60) 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 June 19, 1998), on the

World Wide Web, at ‘‘http://

www.ftc.gov/os/actions97.htm.’’ A

paper copy can be obtained from the

FTC Public Reference Room, Room H–

130, Sixth Street and Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580,

either in person or calling (202) 326–

3627. Public comment is invited. Such

comments or views will be considered

by the Commission and will be available

for inspection and copying at its

principal office in accordance with

Section 4.9(b)(6)(ii) of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice (16 CFR 4.9(b)(6)(ii)).

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to

Aid Public Comment

The Federal Trade Commission has

accepted, subject to final approval, an

agreement to a proposed consent order

from M.D. Physicians of Southwest

Louisiana (‘‘MDP’’). The agreement

settles charges by the Federal Trade

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) that MDP

has violated Section 5 of the Federal

Trade Commission Act by: (1) Fixing the

prices and other terms on which its

members would deal with third-party

payers; (2) collectively refusing to deal

with third-party payers; and (3)

conspiring to obstruct the entry of

managed care into Calcasieu Parish,

Louisiana.

The proposed consent order has been

placed on the public record for sixty

(60) days for reception of comments by

interested persons. Comments received

during this period will become part of

the public record. After sixty (60) days,

the Commission will review the

agreement and the comments received,

and will decide whether it should

withdraw from the agreement or make

final the agreement’s proposed order.

The purpose of this analysis is to

facilitate public comment on the

proposed order. The analysis is not

intended to constitute an official

interpretation of the agreement and

proposed order or to modify in any way

their terms. Further, the proposed

consent order has been entered into for

settlement purposes only and does not

constitute an admission by MDP that the

law has been violated as alleged in the

complaint.

The Complaint

Under the terms of the agreement, a

proposed complaint would be issued by

the Commission along with the

proposed consent order. The allegations

in the Commission’s complaint are

summarized below.

MDP is a physician organization

based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. All of

the members of MDP are physicians

practicing in and around Calcasieu

Parish, Louisiana, the parish in which

Lake Charles is located. During the time

period addressed by the allegations of

the complaint, MDP members

constituted a majority of all physicians

practicing in Calcasieu Parish,

Louisiana. In certain physician

specialties, MDP members constituted

all or most of the physician specialists

practicing in Calcasieu Parish.

MDP was formed in 1987 as a vehicle

for its members to deal concertedly with

the impending entry into Calcasieu

Parish of managed care. Beginning in

1987, and continuing until at least 1994,

when MDP first learned that it was

under investigation by the staff of the

Commission, MDP conspired to fix the

prices and other terms under which its

members dealt with third-party payers.

MDP also conspired to prevent or delay

the entry into Calcasieu Parish of

managed care.

Until 1994, MDP members refused to

participate, either individually or

collectively, in health care plans offered

by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of

Louisiana, the Louisiana State

Employees Group Benefits Program,

Aetna Insurance Company, Healthcare

Advantage, Inc., and other third-party

payers attempting to do business in

Calcasieu Parish.

The members of MDP agreed that

MDP would represent them in

negotiations with third-party payers.

MDP functioned as the exclusive

representative of its members. Until

1994, the members of MDP dealt with

third-party payers only though MDP.

MDP’s members have not integrated

their medical practices in any

economically significant way, nor have

they created any efficiencies that might

justify this conduct.

MDP’s actions have harmed

consumers in Calcasieu Parish by,

among other things, restraining

competition among physicians,