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services for a trial period at no charge 2. How do consumers behave when discussions held at the workshop.
or for a reduced price. If the consumer viewing and responding to marketing Written comments must be received on
does not cancel the agreement before the offers online? or before February 26, 2007, and may be
end of the trial period, the product • How do consumers navigate online filed in either paper or electronic form.
shipments or provision of services advertising? All comments should be filed as
continue and the consumer incurs • How do marketers present contract prescribed in the ADDRESSES section
charges. terms and make disclosures in online above.
The FTC’s upcoming workshop advertising?
By direction of the Commission.
‘‘Negative Options: Analyzing the • What does online research reveal
about how to communicate effectively Donald S. Clark,
Marketing of Offers with Negative Secretary.
Option Features’’ will continue the important offer terms to consumers?
3. How can marketers meet the clear [FR Doc. E6–22147 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am]
Commission’s long-standing efforts to
and conspicuous standard for BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
address these types of sales offers in a
advertising disclosures when making
manner that balances their benefits to
negative option offers online?
businesses and consumers against the • Are there issues unique to negative FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
potential for deception and abuse. The option offers that must be addressed
workshop will provide an opportunity when making clear and conspicuous Granting of Request for Early
to learn more about the benefits and disclosures? Termination of the Waiting Period
costs of negative option offers from • What challenges do marketers face Under the Premerger Notification
consumer, business, and academic in applying the clear and conspicuous Rules
perspectives. standard to online negative option
With the explosion of Internet Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15
offers?
marketing over the past ten years, 4. How can advertisers make negative U.s.c. 18a, as added by Title II of the
negative option offers are as much a option offers with effective disclosures Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
fixture of online advertising as in any that are compatible with the advertising Improvements Act of 1976, requires
other advertising media. The workshop message? persons contemplating certain mergers
will bring together Internet experts, • Where in online advertising should or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade
industry, and consumer groups to marketers make negative option Commission and the Assistant Attorney
discuss consumer behavior online and disclosures? General advance notice and to wait
how it affects consumers and marketers • At what point in the sales offer designated periods before
with respect to negative option offers. should marketers make such consummation of such plans. Section
We expect to address the following disclosures? 7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies,
questions: • What types of information about the in individual cases, to terminate this
offer should marketers include in the waiting period prior to its expiration
1. What are the pros and cons of
advertising? and requires that notice of this action be
negative option marketing?
published in the Federal Register.
• Why do businesses choose to Form and Availability of Comments The following transactions were
structure offers with negative option The FTC requests that interested granted early termination of the waiting
features? parties submit written comments period provided by law and the
• What are the benefits of negative addressing the above questions to foster premerger notification rules. The grants
option offers to businesses and greater understanding of the issues. In were made by the Federal Trade
consumers? particular, the FTC requests that Commission and the Assistant General
• What are the costs of negative commentators submit relevant studies, for the Antitrust Division of the
option offers to businesses and surveys, research, and empirical data. Department of Justice. Neither agency
consumers? The comment period will remain open intends to take any action with respect
• How do consumers interpret or after the workshop so that interested to these proposed acquisitions during
misinterpret negative option offers? parties can provide input regarding the the applicable waiting period.

Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/27/2006

20070272 ...............
20070278 ...............
20070289 ...............
20070291 ...............
20070300 ...............
20070304 ...............
20070315 ...............
20070317 ...............
20070322 ...............
20070324 ...............
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MDU Resources Groupo, Inc. .....
Prism Business Media Holdings,
LLC.
RiskMetrics Group, Inc. ...............
Affordable Residential Commu-
nities, Inc..
Wellsford Real Properties, Inc. ....
Alfred E. Mann .............................
Aruze ............................................
H.I.G. Capital Partners III, L.P. ....
ValueAct Capital Master Fund,
L.P..
David Geffen ................................
Cascade Natural Gas Corp. ........ Cascade Natural Gas Corp.
Penton Media, Inc. ....................... Penton Media, Inc.
Institutional Shareholder Services Institutional Shareholder Services
The C. Clifton Robinson NLASCO, Inc.
Intervivos Assets Trust.
Reis, Inc. ...................................... Reis, Inc.
MannKind Corporation ................. MannKind Corporation
Wynn Resorts, Limited ................ Wynn Resorts, Limited
The Bernard Sherman 2000 Trust The Harvard Drug Group, L.L.C.
Seitel, Inc. .................................... Seitel, Inc.
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 Community Health Systems, Inc. Community Health Systems, Inc.
Partners Offshore, Ltd..

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20070249 ...............
20070284 ...............
20070293 ...............
20070320 ...............
Madison Dearborn Capital Part-
ners IV, L.P..
Wellspring Capital Partners IV,
L.P..
Herbst Gaming, Inc. .....................
Joseph M. Gregory ......................
James E. Mauer ..........................
Superior Plus Income Fund .........
Kirk Kerkorian ..............................
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ...
JEM Sales, Inc.
Zartic, Inc.
Zar Tran, Inc.
JW Aluminum Holding Company
PRMA Land Development Company
The Primodonna Company, LLC
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 ...............
20070274 ...............
20070281 ...............
20070282 ...............
20070309 ...............
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. ..........
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. ...
SkillSoft PLC ................................
2003 TIL Settlement ....................
Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V. .....................
OGRS, L.L.C. ...............................
Chicago Equity Partners, LLC .....
2003 TIL Settlement ....................
SkillSoft PLC ................................
Questor Partners Bermuda, L.P..
Oil & Gas Rental Services, Inc.
Chicago Equity Partners, LLC
Thomson Global Resources
Thomson Learning Inc.
SkillSoft PLC and certain assets of Teksid Alu-
minum Components, Inc.
Teksid Aluminum Foundry, Inc.
Teksid do Brasil Aluminio Ltd.
Teksid Investment Aluminum B.V.

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., Peoples Energy Corporation ....... COB Energy Facility, LLC
Ltd.. Elwood Energy, LLC
Elwood Expansion, LLC

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/04/2006

20070287 ...............
20070303 ...............
20070310 ...............
20070311 ...............
20070327 ...............
20070335 ...............
20070337 ...............
20070339 ...............
20070342 ...............
20070346 ...............
20070350 ...............
20070354 ...............
20070359 ...............
20070362 ...............
20070363 ...............
20070364 ...............
20070370 ...............
Micron Technology, Inc. ..............
Hunter’s Glen/Ford, Ltd. ..............
Bank of America Corporation ......
SPC Partners III, L.P. ..................
McKesson Corporation ................
Zubair M. Kazi .............................
Liz Claiborne, Inc. ........................
PepsiCo, Inc. ...............................
Sandler Capital Partners V, L.P.
Catholic Healthcare West ............
CHS Private Equity V LP .............
GWLS Holdings, Inc. ...................
W. Jack Davis ..............................
Abbott Laboratories .....................
Alexander Abramov .....................
Roman Abramovich .....................
Audax Private Equity Fund, L.P.
Bali Investments S.a.r.l. ...............
Affordable Residential Commu-
nities Inc..
Clout Financial Services, Inc. ......
Raj Bhathal ..................................
Per-Se Technologies, Inc. ...........
YUM! Brands, Inc. .......................
Newton Holding, LLC ...................
North Castle Partners II, L.P. ......
Dean Hazen .................................
Mission Holding Corporation .......
Mainline Holding Company, LLC
Fenway Partners Capital Fund II,
L.P..
Citigroup Inc. ................................
Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...........
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. ...............
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. ...............
Thomas Gorny .............................
Avago Technologies Limited
Affordable Residential Communities Inc.
Clout Financial Services, Inc.
RAJ Manufacturing, Inc.
Per-Se Technologies, Inc.
KFC U.S. Properties, Inc.
Kate Spade LLC
Naked Juice Co. Holdings, Inc.
Starstream Communications Inc.
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 Com-
pany, Inc.
Saint Mary’s Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Cen-
ter
Mainline Holding Company, LLC
Greatway Logistics Services, Inc.
ERICO Global Company
Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc.
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc.
Dot5Hosing, Inc.
iPower, Inc.
StartLogic, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/05/2006

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20070259 ............... MatlinPatterson Global Opportu- Owens Corning ............................ Owens Corning
nities Partners (Cayman) II LP.
20070260 ............... MatlinPatterson Global Opportu- Owens Corning ............................ Owens Corning
nities Partners II L.P..

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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, American Capital Strategies, Ltd. WWC Acquisitions, Inc.
L.P..

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 Part- Randy Mauermann ...................... Connecticut Electric & Switch Manufacturing Co.
ners II, L.P.. 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. Blackwell Publishing Limited ....... Blackwell Publishing Limited.
Hamilton Trusts,
LLC.
20070326 ............... Alexander Knaster ....................... Richard W. Muzzy, Jr. ................. The Holland Group, Inc.
20070330 ............... Harbour Group Investments V, FdG Capital Partners LLC ........... Implus Footcare, LLC
L.P..
20070349 ............... News Corporation ........................ Netherlands Mobile Holdings, Netherlands Mobile Holdings, B.V.
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 BlueStone TV Holdings Inc.
L.P..
20070375 ............... Green Equity Invwestors IV, L.P. Federated Department Stores, David’s Bridal, Inc.
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 & the Company
Stowe IX, L.P..
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, CHG Healthcare Services, Inc. ... CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.
L.P..
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, Lim- Harbor Payments, Inc.
ited Partnership.
20070416 ............... SIC Investment Co., Ltd. ............. Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd. ......... Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd.
20070423 ............... Cypress Semioconductor Cor- Thomas Dinwoodie ...................... PowerLight Corporation
poration.
20070424 ............... Thomas Dinwoodie ...................... Cypress Semioconductor Cor- SunPower Corporation
poration.

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
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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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20070357 ...............
20070361 ...............
20070368 ...............
20070372 ...............
20070401 ...............
20070408 ...............
20070409 ...............
BlackRock Kelso Capital Holding
LLC.
Caxton-Iseman (VNG), L.P. .........
Great Hill Equity Partners III, L.P.
Q-Comm Corporation ..................
Quad-C Partners VII, L.P. ...........
Royal Bank of Canada ................
Paul G. Desmarais ......................
Joseph A. Megy ...........................
Gary E. West ...............................
FreightQuote.com Inc. .................
Journal Communications, Inc. .....
Dublin Clark Fund II, L.P. ............
Ronald H. Shear ..........................
U.S. Bancorp ...............................
Jamegy, Inc.
Valley National Gases Incorporated
FreightQuote.com Inc.
Norlight Telecommunications, Inc.
Special Event Services, Inc.
CAMS GP, LLC
Carlin Asset Management, LLC
GTP, LLC
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 ...............
20070404 ...............
20070406 ...............
20070432 ...............
20070433 ...............
Pfizer Inc. .....................................
West Central Cooperative ...........
The Penderley Charitable Trust ..
Reed Elsevier PLC ......................
Reed Elsevier PLC ......................
Embrex, Inc. ................................. Embrex, Inc.
SoyMor Cooperative .................... SoyMor Biodiesel LLC
Orient Overseas (International) Consolidated (Terminal Holdings) Ltd.
Limited. Global Terminal & Container Services Inc.
BuyerZone.com, Inc. .................... BuyerZone.com, Inc.
BuyerZone.com, Inc. .................... BuyerZone.com, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/15/2006

20070386Abbott Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...... Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc..

Laboratories.
20070419 ...............
20070428 ...............
20070430 ...............
20070436 ...............
20070439 ...............
20070459 ...............
Premium Holding Corporation .....
Beecken Petty O’Keefe QP Fund
II, L.P..
Alleghany Corporation .................
Axium International, Inc. ..............
Global Geophysical Services, Inc.
Actuant Corporation .....................
Independent Bank Corporation .... Mepco Acceptance Corp
Mepco Insurance Premium Financing, Inc.
Fidelity Investors VI Limited Part- TIDI Holdings, LLC
nership.
Homesite Group Incorporated ..... Homesite Group Incorporated
Computer Horizons Corp. ............ Chimes, Inc.
Chimes Servicing Corp.
Global Geophysical Services, Inc..
Hubregsem Bonnet Equity Part- Maxima Holding Company, Inc.
ners, L.P..

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (NIOSH), Department of Health and
Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative Human Services (HHS).
or Renee Hallman, Contact ACTION: Notice.
Representative Federal Trade
Commission, Premerger Notification SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H– Human Services (HHS) gives notice
303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326– concerning the final effect of the HHS
3100. decision to designate a class of
employees at the Los Alamos National
By Direction of the Commission.
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico,
Donald S. Clark,
as an addition to the Special Exposure
Secretary.
Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
[FR Doc. 06–9865 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] Employees Occupational Illness
BILLING CODE 6750–01–M Compensation Program Act of 2000. On
November 9, 2006, as provided for
under 42 U.S.C. 7834q(b), the Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND of HHS designated the following class of
HUMAN SERVICES employees as an addition to the SEC:
Employees of the Department of Energy
National Institute for Occupational predecessor agencies and their contractors or
Safety and Health; Final Effect of
subcontractors who were monitored or
Designation of a Class of Employees
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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

should have been monitored for exposure to

for Addition to the Special Exposure ionizing radiation associated with radioactive
Cohort lanthanum (RaLa) operations at Technical
Area 10 (Bayo Canyon Site), Technical Area
AGENCY: National Institute for 35 (Ten Site), and Buildings H, Sigma, and
Occupational Safety and Health U (located within Technical Area 1) at the
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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