00-21187. 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 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.

Trans No.	Acquiring	Acquired	Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/24/2000
20004052	Liz Claiborne, Inc	The Chase Manhattan Corporation	The Monet Group, Inc.
20004071	MAN Aktiengesellschaft	Vodafone Air Touch Plc	Mannesmann Pipe & Steel Corporation.
20004075	Cordiant Communications Group plc	Donino, White & Partners, Inc	Donino, White & Partners, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/25/2000
20003893	Cardinal Health, Inc	Bergen Brunswig Corporation	Bergen Brunswig Medical Corporation.
20003947	Waters Corporation	Variagencies, Inc	Variagencies, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/26/2000
20004072	The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc	Reliance Group Holdings, Inc	Reliance Group Holdings, Inc.
20004130	Deutsche Bank AG	NationsRent, Inc	NationsRent, Inc.
20004131	J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated	NationsRent, Inc	NationsRent, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/27/2000
20003861	Molecular Devices Corporation	LJL BioSystems, Inc	LJL BioSystems, Inc.
20003862	Lev and Galina Leytes	Molecular Devices Corporation	Molecular Devices Corporation.
20003878	Global Technologies, Ltd	Litton Industries, Inc	Litton Industries, Inc.
20003889	Valeo S.A	Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG	Robert Bosch GmbH, Zexel Corporation.
20003964	Cisco Systems, Inc	Pirelli S.p.A	Optical Technologies USA Corp.
20003966	Richard R. Rogers	Marketing Specialists Corporation	Marketing Specialists Corporation.
20004024	Applied Digital Solutions, Inc	Computer Equity Corporation	Computer Equity Corporation.
20004033	Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Europe Fund, L.P	Viatel, Inc	Viatel, Inc.
20004039	Mitel Corporation	Vertex Networks, Incorporated	Vertex Networks, Incorporated.
20004055	Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P	IPWireless, Inc	IPWireless, Inc.
20004062	Northern States Power Company	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	First State Power Management, Inc. Statoil Energy Power Generation, Inc.
20004064	PowerGen plc	LG&E Energy Corp	LG&E Energy Corp.
20004065	Cox Enterprises, Inc	Robert N. Smith	Smith Acquisition Company.
20004067	Cox Enterprises, Inc	Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, LP	WJAC, Incorporated.
20004074	Johnson Controls, Inc	Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd	Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
20004076	Unaxis Holding AG	Mr. Karl Nicklaus	ESEC Holding SA.
20004083	DDi Corp	Cornerstone Equity Investors IV, L.P	Automata International, Inc.
20004084	Financial Holding Corporation	Fremont General Corporation	Fremont Investment & Loan. Fremont Premier Finance Corporation.
20004085	El Paso Energy Partners, L.P	El Paso Energy Corporation	Crystal Holdings, Inc.
20004086	A. Ahlstrom Corporation	Dexter Corporation	Dexter Corporation. Dexter International Corporation. Windsor Locks Canal Company.
20004087	Old Mutual PLC	United Asset Management Corporation	United Asset Management Corporation.
20004088	Newmont Mining Corporation	Battle Mountain Gold Company	Battle Mountain Gold Company.
20004091	Pearson plc	Washington Post Company (The)	Score Learning, Inc.
20004092	WinsLoew Furniture, Inc	Arnold Bertram	Charter Furniture Corporation.
20004093	WinsLoew Furniture, Inc	James Pepping	Charter Furniture Corporation.
20004094	Delta Galil Industries, Ltd	Innerwear Ventures Ltd	Wundies Industries, Inc.
20004095	Paul G. Allen	iMotors.com, Inc	iMotors.com, Inc.
20004096	Aether Systems, Inc	Novatel Wireless, Inc	Novatel Wireless, Inc.
20004097	Cornerstone Equity Investors IV, L.P	Novatel Wireless, Inc	Novatel Wireless, Inc.
20004098	Plassein Packaging Corporation	Bank of America Corporation	Rex International, Inc.
20004100	Coventry Health, Inc	Duke University	WellPath Community Health Plans, LLC.
20004102	Richard L. Duchossois	Anthony Gartland	General Clutch Corp.
20004105	Crescendo IV, L.P	Telegis Networks, Inc	Telegis Networks, Inc.
20004125	Industrial Growth Partners, L.P	The Felters Company	The Felters Company.
20004139	Associated Freezers Income Trust	Patrick A. Gouveia	Atlas Cold Storage Holdings Limited.
20004149	Vivendi, S.A	Vivendi, S.A	Advanced Environmental Services, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/28/2000
20003268	Entravision Communications Corporation	Amador S. Bustos	Z-Spanish Media Corporation.
20003894	Pulitzer Voting Trust	Warburg, Pincus Capital Company, L.P	Warburg, Pincus Capital Company, L.P.
20003938	Marmon Holdings, Inc	Delta plc	Delta plc.
20003968	ContiGroup Companies, Inc	The Lundy Package Company	The Lundy Package Company.
20004046	Reinhard Mohn	Bernard A. Goldhirsh	Goldhirsh Group, Inc.
20004047	Dick Olson	Agribio Tech, Inc	Agribio Tech, Inc.
20004063	HMTF Equity Fund IV (1999), L.P	Rhythms NetConnections Inc	Rhythms NetConnections Inc.
20004070	Cablevision Systems Corporation	Advance Voting Trust	News 12 New Jersey L.L.C.
20004077	Edward C. Levy, Jr., and Julie Levy	James R. Foley	Michigan Foundation Company, Inc.
20004078	Edward C. Levy, Jr., and Julie Levy	William J. Foley	Michigan Foundation Company, Inc.
20004080	Everett R. Dobson Irrevocable Family Trust	Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc	Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
20004112	Horizon Beverage Group, Inc	James L. Abramson	Capital Distributing Company, Inc.
20004114	The SKM Equity Fund II, L.P	Walter E. Kalberer	WEK Industries, Inc.
20004116	EQT Scandinavia Limited	CSI Control Systems International, Inc	CSI Control Systems International, Inc.
20004119	Alon Israel Oil Company, Ltd	Total Fina Elf S.A	American Petrofina Pipe Line Co., Fin-Tex Pipe Line Co.
20004121	Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation	Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V	Philips Semiconductor, Inc.
20004123	Royal Bank of Canada	The Liberty Corporation	The Liberty Corporation.
20004126	Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc	Fort Calhoun Stone Company	Fort Calhoun Store Company.
20004127	Unicom Corporation	William N. Neiheiser	Reliance Mechanical Corp.
20004129	Performance Food Group Company	Carroll County Foods, Inc	Carroll County Foods, Inc.
20004133	Wisconsin Energy Corporation	Ann Palmer	Park International Corp.
20004137	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc	Merck & Co., Inc	MCCO Corporation.
20004156	William L. Wallace	AutoNation, Inc	Stuart Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
20004195	Wells Fargo & Company	First Union Corporation	First Union Mortgage Corporation.
20004199	EGL, Inc	Circle International Group, Inc	Circle International Group, Inc.
20004208	Gerald Schwartz	Bull SA	Bull Electronics, Inc.
TRANACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/31/2000
20004021	Texas Instruments Incorporated	Burr-Brown Corporation	Burr-Brown Corporation.
20004056	David S. Smith	PSI Holding, L.L.C	PSI Holding, L.L.C.
20004115	Bowater Incorporated	General Electric Company	Newsprint South, Inc.
20004136	Mine Safety Appliances Company	William T. McCutcheon	Cairns & Brother, Inc.
20004140	Land O'Lakes, Inc	AgriBioTech, Inc	AgriBioTech, Inc.
20004142	Media Metrix, Inc	Jupiter Communications, Inc	Jupiter Communications, Inc.
20004143	Lincolnshire Equity Fund II, L.P	Alan Van Vliet	Unified Precious Metals, Inc.
20004150	HMTF Bridge Partners, L.P	Vectrix Corporation	Vectrix Corporation.
20004151	PwC Global Investments B.V	PwC Global Investments B.V	PwCS Holdings, Inc.
20004152	Lincolnshire Equity Fund II, L.P	Timothy R. Fallon	Fallon Luminous Products Corporation.
20004155	Roland Siegfried Hinz and Lita Sullivan Hinz	Salem Communications Corporation	Salem Communications Corporation.
20004158	Microsoft Corporation	Michael S. Edell	eLabor.com, Inc.
20004159	Thayer Equity Investors IV, L.P	EFTC Corporation	EFTC Corporation.
20004160	Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership VI	Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership V, L.P	Intelisys Electronic Commerce, Inc.
20004161	Centennial Fund VI, L.P	Agilera.com, Inc	Agilera.com, Inc.
20004162	PMC-Sierra, Inc	Quantum Effect Devices, Inc	Quantum Effect Devices, Inc.
20004166	SCI Systems, Inc	OMX, Inc	OMX, Inc.
20004167	Marathon Fund Limited Partnership IV	International Utility Structures Inc	IUS Holdings Inc.
20004170	William Clay Ford	Ford Motor Company	Ford Motor Company.
20004171	William Clay Ford, Jr.	Ford Motor Company	Ford Motor Company.
20004178	Forest Laboratories, Inc	Merz + Co. GmbH & Co	Merz + Co. GmbH & Co.
20004251	Ford Motor Company	Paul Bailey	Paul Bailey's Ford, Inc.
TRANACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—08/01/2000
20001126	Allied Waste Industries, Inc	Waste Management, Inc	Cocopah Landfill, Inc. Copper Mountain Landfill, Inc. Local Sanitation of Rowan County, LLC. TransAmerican Waste Industries, Inc. USA Waste of Kentucky, LLC. Waste Management of Kansas, Inc. Waste Management of Mississippi, Inc. Waste Management of Missouri, Inc. Waste Management of Ohio, Inc. Waste Management of South Carolina, Inc. Waste Management of Kentucky, LLC.
20004172	Edsel B. Ford, II	Ford Motor Company	Ford Motor Company.
20004177	Allianz Aktiengesellschaft	E.ON Aktiengesellschaft	Schmalbach-Lubeca Aktiengesellschaft.
20004180	Swisslog Holding AG	Kewill Systems Plc	Kewill Logistics, Inc.
20004182	Cortec Group Fund III, L.P	Axia Group, Inc	Axia Group, Inc.
20004183	Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co	United Alloys, Inc	United Alloys, Inc.
20004186	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers IX-A, L.P	Auto Trader.com, Inc	Auto Trader.com, Inc.
20004187	Cox Enterprises, Inc	Auto Trader.com, Inc	Auto Trader.com, Inc.
20004192	Schering-Plough Corporation	Novartis AG	Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
20004198	Worldwide Sports & Recreation, Inc	Serengeti Eyewear, Inc	Serengeti Eyewear, Inc.
20004200	The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc	The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc	Goldberg Moser O'Neill LLC.
20004202	Warburg, Pincus, Equity Partners, L.P	Dime Bancorp, Inc	Dime Bancorp, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—08/02/2000
20004006	Sempra Energy	Conectiv	Atlantic-Pacific Las Vegas, L.L.C.
20004050	USA Digital Radio, Inc	Lucent Technologies, Inc	Lucent Digital Radio.
20004051	Lucent Technologies, Inc	USA Digital Radio, Inc	USA Digital Radio, Inc.
20004107	Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners IV, L.P	eOnline, Inc	eOnline, Inc.
20004134	Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Co	MetLife, Inc	GenAm Benefits Insurance Company.
20004157	Baker Communications Fund II (QP), LP	Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc	Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc.
20004173	Wells Fargo & Company	First Security Corporation	First Security Corporation.
20004179	Deutsche Bank AG	Vivendi S.A	Clean Room Technologies, Inc. FTS Systems, Inc. Reinhold Faeth GmbH. The Kinetics Group, Inc. W.H.E. Biosystems.
20004185	General Electric Company	The Laughton Estate Trust	Columbia Communications Corporation.
20004188	Landmark Communications, Inc	Auto Trader.com, Inc	Auto Trader.com, Inc.
20004189	Automatic Data Processing, Inc	Auto Trader.com, Inc	Auto Trader.com, Inc.
20004197	John Rutledge Partners II, L.P	The Crom Corporation	The Crom Corporation.
20004207	CMGI, Inc	Industria Solutions, Inc	Industria Solutions, Inc.
20004209	HSBC Holdings plc	BBA Group plc	BBA Friction, Inc.
20004214	Clear Channel Communications, Inc	Triumph Taxi Outdoor, LLC	Triumph Taxi Advertising, LLC.
20004216	UMECO plc	M.A. Hanna Company	RA Products, Inc.
20004217	Providence Equity Partners, III, LP	Great Hill Equity Partners, L.P	ManagedStorage International, Inc.
20004219	John H. Harland Company	Concentrex Incorporated	Concentrex Incorporated.
20004220	Silver Lake Partners, L.P	Cabletron Systems, Inc	Cabletron Systems, Inc.
20004233	SR. Teleperformance	Joanne Russell	Universal Teleservices Arizona; Universal Teleservices F. Corp.
20004241	Fremont Partners, L.P	Resun Leasing, Inc	Resun Leasing, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—08/04/2000
20004049	Celgene Corporation	Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc	Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
20004060	Crosspoint Venture Partners 1997, L.P	Covad Communications Group, Inc	Covad Communications Group, Inc.
20004061	Crosspoint Venture Partners L.S. 1999 L.P	Covad Communications Group, Inc	Covad Communications Group, Inc.
20004113	Irish Dairy Board Co-operative, Ltd	Frederick R. Charley	Eurobest Foods Corporation.
20004117	Nestle S.A	Bayer AG	Bayer AG.
20004174	Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux	Cabot Corporation	Cabot LNG Business Trust.
20004191	Datatec Limited	Jack Friedman	CAA Technologies, Inc.
20004203	Andrew J. McKelvey	Affiliated Computer Services, Inc	ACS Technology Solutions, Inc.
20004211	APAX Excelsior VI, LP	Life Time Fitness, Inc	Life Time Fitness, Inc.
20004215	ING Groep N.V	ReliaStar Financial Corp	ReliaStar Financial Corp.
20004226	Digital Island, Inc	SoftAware, Inc	SoftAware, Inc.
20004230	Proha Plc	Alec E. Gores	Artemis Acquisition Corporation.
20004236	WellPoint Health Networks Inc	Cerulean Companies, Inc	Cerulean Companies, Inc.
20004237	Ronald E. Huber	Cecil Van Tuyl	Huber Chevrolet Co., Inc.
20004238	Cecil Van Tuyl	Van-Huber, Inc	Van-Huber, Inc., Courtesy Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc.
20004245	MTD Products Inc	Robert Simpson	A.G. Simpson (Tennessee) Inc.
20004246	Avnet, Inc.	Cadence Design Systems, Inc	SpinCircuit Inc.
20004247	Clark/Bardes Holdings, Inc	William L. MacDonald, Sr	Compensation Resource Group, Inc.
20004263	IDT Corporation	Adir Technologies, Inc	Adir Technologies, Inc.
20004265	Aurora Equity Partners II, L.P	Dynacast International Limited	SPM Holdings Ltd.; Precision Engineering Co.
20004268	Wilmar Industries, Inc	Barnett Inc	Barnett Inc.
20004272	Enron Corp	Media General, Inc	Media General, Inc.
20004273	Telefonica S.A.	Lycos, Inc	Lycos, Inc.
20004275 AXA	AXA	Focus Technologies, Inc	Focus Technologies, Inc.
20004276	Three Cities Fund III L.P	Business Resource Group	Business Resource Group.
20004307	WPP Group plc	Electronic Data Systems Corporation	Electronic Data Systems Corporation. Lacek Systems and Software, Inc. The Lacek Group, 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, DC 20580, [phone].

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.