Mitchell Katz
Mitchell Katz
babies baby chance dominant food increased looking main merger number players proposed reduce three within
The main thing that we're looking at is that these are the three dominant players within the U.S. baby food market, and the proposed merger would effectively reduce that number from three to two. There's an increased chance for collusion is really what it comes down to.
issues monetary timing
Timing issues, monetary issues are between the companies,
commission daily gas illegal price pricing reports studies weekly
The commission does daily and weekly gas price monitoring. In the studies we've conducted and the reports that we have put out we have not indicated that (gasoline) pricing is illegal or anti-competitive.
comment commission publicly
The commission does not comment publicly on any kind of pre-merger application.