[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43184-43185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21233]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on June 25, pursuant to Sec. 6(a) of
the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.
Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Financial Services Technology
Consortium, Inc. (``Consortium''), has filed written notifications
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing changes in its membership and area of planned
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activity. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to
actual damages under specified circumstances.
Specifically, the membership changes are as follows: Norwest
Corporation, Minneapolis, MN was admitted as a principal member. Compaq
Computer Corporation, Houston, TX and @Work Technologies, New York, NY
were admitted as Associate Members. American Recovery Association, New
Orleans, LA was admitted as an Advisory Member. The following parties
are no longer members; Equifax Credit Information Services; Global
Concepts, Inc.; Gemini Computers, Inc.; Raptor Systems, Inc.; SSDS,
Inc.; Home Financial Network, Inc.; and YCS, Inc. Membership remains
open and the Consortium intends to file additional written
notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
The consortium also filed notice that it has entered into an
Agreement for Strategic Alliance with the Banking Industry Technology
Secretariat (``BITS'') as a new activity of the Consortium.
On October 21, 1993, the Financial Services Technology Consortium
filed its original notification pursuant to Sec. 6(a) of the Act. The
Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register
pursuant to Sec. 6(b) of the Act on December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399).
The last notification was filed on February 6, 1997. A notice was
published in the Federal Register on March 20, 1997 (62 FR 13394).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-21233 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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