In addition to the 23 in which it issued press releases, the Department in 13 instances informed the parties that their proposed acquisition was likely to have anticompetitive effects: KPMG Peat Marwick and Ernst & Young merger (accounting firms); Reed Elsevier Business Information merger with Wolters Kluwer NV (scientific and business information publishers); Andrew Taitz' acquisition of Utilimaster Division of Harley Davidson (vans); Sungard Data Systems, Inc.'s acquisition of Rolfe & Nolan plc (computer software); Star Bank, N.A.'s acquisition of Bank One, N.A. and Bank One Wheeling (banking service business in Ohio); Bangor Savings Bank's acquisition of Fleet Bank of Maine (banking service business in Maine); National City Corporation's acquisition of First of America Bank Corporation (banking service business in Indiana); Capstar Broadcasting Partners' acquisition of Paxson Communications (Florida radio markets); Specialty Teleconstructors, Inc.'s acquisition of Stainless, Inc. (television broadcast towers); Capstar Broadcasting Partners' acquisition of Big Chief Broadcasting Company (Fort Smith, Arkansas, radio market); merger between Cape Fear Broadcasting and Sea Communications, Inc. (North Carolina radio market); West Virginia Radio Corporation's acquisition of Fantasia Broadcasting (West Virginia radio market); and Meredith Corporation's acquisition of First Media Television, L.P. (Florida television stations).
20. October 15, 1997 letter to the Board of Governors regarding the application by Wachovia Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to acquire Central Fidelity Banks, Inc., Richmond, Virginia; October 10, 1997 letter to the Board of Governors and October 10, 1997 letter to the Comptroller of the Currency regarding the application by First Union Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, to acquire Signet Banking Corporation, Richmond, Virginia; December 12, 1997 letter to the Board of Governors regarding the application by NationsBank Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, to acquire Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; December 31, 1997 letter to the Comptroller of the Currency regarding the application by Hibernia National Bank, New Orleans, Louisiana, to merge with Argent Bank, Thibodaux, Louisiana; December 17, 1997 letter to the Board of Governors regarding the application by Union Bankshares Corporation, Bowling Green, Virginia, to acquire seven branch offices of Signet Banking Corporation, Richmond, Virginia; February 9, 1998 letter to the Board of Governors regarding the application by National City Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, to acquire First of America Bank Corporation, Kalamazoo, Michigan; February 26, 1998 letter to the Board of Governors regarding the application by Wesbanco, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia, to acquire Commercial Bancshares, Inc., Parkersburg, West Virginia; March 9, 1998 letter to the Board of Governors and the Boston Regional Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation regarding the application by Peoples Heritage Financial Corporation, Inc., Portland, Maine, to acquire CFX Corporation, Keene, New Hampshire; April 10, 1998 letters to the Board of Governors and to the Comptroller of the Currency regarding the application by First Union Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, to acquire CoreStates Financial Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; May 4, 1998 letter to the Board of Governors regarding the application by Banc One Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, to acquire First Commerce Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; April 15, 1998 letter to the Central District Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding the application by Star Bank, N.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, to purchase the assets and assume the liabilities of 53 Ohio branches of Banc One subsidiaries in Ohio (48 branches of Bank One, N.A., Columbus, Ohio, and five Ohio branches of Bank One Wheeling-Steubenville, N.A., Wheeling, West Virginia); June 10, 1998 letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation regarding the application by Bangor Savings Bank to acquire 31 branches from Fleet Bank of Maine: August 6, 1998 letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation regarding First City Bank and Trust Company, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, application to acquire NationsBank of Kentucky, N.A., Hopkinsville, Kentucky; August 13, 1998 letter to the Board of Governors regarding the application by NationsBank Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, to acquire Bank of America Corporation, San Francisco, California; August 28, 1998 letter to the Office of Thrift Supervison regarding the application by Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle, Washington, to acquire H. F. Ahmanson & Co., Irwindale, California, and thereby indirectly acquire Home Savings of America, Irwindale, California; September 8, 1998 letter to the Board of Governors regarding the application by Banc One Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, to acquire First Chicago NBD Corporation, Chicago, Illinois.
