Committee Serial No. 8. Considers legislation to strengthen prohibitions against monopolistic acquisitions of either stock or business assets, and to revise antitrust law enforcement procedures.
Committee Serial No. 3. Considers legislation to prohibit any corporation from acquiring the physical assets of a competitor, as stock acquisitions are now forbidden, when such a merger process would limit competition. Also authorizes FTC to order divestiture of company assets as well as capital stock. Appendix contains FTC data and statistics on mergers and acquisitions in manufacturing and mining industries (p. 300-551)
Considers legislation to require companies and banks to notify FTC and Justice Dept about merger and acquisition plans and to authorize FTC to seek preliminary court injunctions or issue preliminary injunctions to restrain mergers. Includes FTC administrative proceeding documents on completed and pending merger cases, April 10, 1958 (p. 226-315).
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